I'll sum up.
After Prague I went with Bam (a friend from budapest and prague) to Cesky Krumlov. It's a small picturesque town on the czech/Austrian border. It's really beautiful. I don't really know why I went, but why not right? Actually I know exactly why I went. "river rafting pub-crawl" anybody think that's a bad idea?
It was fun though. We went with 3 other people. Walked about an hour to get there. But it was a really pretty walk. If I had been there about a week later all the trees would have just turned and it would be stunning. Although it just made me miss a true Canadian autumn. Nothing I've seen yet comes close.
Our guides for the horses were two 13 year old girls. Who basically just told us all that we were terrible. We found as we often have on this trip (caving) that there really was very little instruction given. Sorta more like "ok, your horse. Hold reins here, shorter, ok." and then you are off. Now I've never really rode a horse before. Bit I figured I had the basics. Pull left he goes left, right he goes right, both and he stops right? Sorta.
My horse, while we mostly got along had a real affinity towards trees that he could barely fit under. And I really couldn't. I ate a lot of leaves and needles.
Also he had one gear. Slow. No amount of kicking helped. He did not want to go faster.
We had a blast though. Tons of fun.
We went up to the castle, which overlooks the town. It was really god, there was a walkway over a moat type thing. We were looking into it and then i saw a sign that had a lot of czech words and a bear. ok? Apparently in the czech rep. They don use Moats to protect their castles. They use bears.
I also got to cook again! I made beer stew! Yum! Potatoes, red peppers, keilbasa sausage (which we all thought was basic sausage when we bought it) onion tomatoes and beer. When all stewed up together it was pretty damn good.
After cesky krumlov Bam and i split up. I think to meet up in a month in London. I went off to Zurich on the night train which was really nice. Had a cabin mostly to myself despite not having a booking or having a clue if I was on the right train (seriously, had some panicky moments). Got to zurich at 8 am. Spent the day wandering around mostly. Now, it's funny how many people said Zurich is really expensive. I thought maybe a couple bucks here and there. No. Let me tell you. Don't bother with Zurich. Oh, it's beautiful yeah, But it loses some of it's..."charm" when a small coffee at Starbucks is 5$ and a doughnut is 4$. I went looking for McDicks just assuming it would be reasonable priced as always... Nope a big Mac meal was 11$ for a SMALL fries and drink! 12.50 for a med! FML!!!
Anyhow. It is a beautiful city but stupid expensive and nothing too special to see. Don't bother.
Since leaving Zurich this morning I have embarked on what I deem to be the second last leg of my trip. Italy. I must admit, of everywhere I was going, even including Oktoberfest, this is what I've been the most excited for. I've been here before. And many of the places I'm doing are the same; Venice, Florence, Sorrento, and Rome. I went there with the family before and no offense to them, but we have very different tastes whilst on vacation. As anybody who knows me is aware, Locking me in a museum for a day is heaven not hell. My darling sister may think differently.
I've also added cinque terre to my list of Italian destinations. It's a series of 5 towns along the west coast of the country just north of Florence. There is a walking trail that runs along them. It's supposed to be just beautiful.
I can't wait to start exploring here. Venice is first and the eta is 2 hours.
trip from Zurich to Venice (via Milan)
Ciao!
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