Telc is a beautiful little town. The town square was unique. There is building after building of Renaissance houses built around the square, all having different colorful facades. We walked around the pond after dinner in the evening and the next day had a tour of the local castle. We were the only two English speakers for a tour and the young lady who was our guide had obviously memorized the English version of her speech. Most our our questions were met with a blank stare. She knew the history of the castle in English, but she did not really know English.
We have noticed that many Czech do not know English. This surprised us only because most people dealing with tourists in Croatia and Hungary do know English, and we had been spoiled. We are not sure what conclusions to draw from this. Certainly German is the first foreign language that Czechs would learn in school.
After leaving our one night stop in Telc, we decided to get an apartment in Prague. Boy - that was a great decision. First, it's cheaper than a hotel, it's bigger than a hotel room, we can make coffee in the morning and it is tucked away more in a neighborhood and therefore quiet. The apartment also afforded us the luxury of doing three loads of laundry. We like the place so much that we are spending another day here. We visited the Castle yesterday and after a couple of hours in the rain, returned to the apartment. We dried out and went to a choral concert at the St. Nicolas Church and then dinner on the banks of the Vltava river. I had beef cheeks with potato dumplings and Carol had confit of duck, green beans, and a potato cake. We have to walk a lot to indulge in this kind of food.
Today we went back to the castle to see the national art gallery housed in one of the palaces that we gave up on yesterday due to the rain. Then we meandered through the castle gardens and found a nice little cafe near our apartment to have a cold dark beer. All in all - a great day.
More site seeing tomorrow and who knows, maybe I'll get a few picture up on the blog.
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