Karlovy Vary

 

 Hi readers, it’s been a while! We are in the Czech Republic visiting Roberts parents. We arrived on June 11th and spent the first week hanging out at their house and visiting family. And Hanna and I got a 2 day getaway to a “spa” town which is a small town in the hills where people go to rest, relax and convalesce from illness. It’s a very traditional thing to go to a spa town, such a strong tradition that people today still regularly get a prescription for spa from their doctor and are sent to all expense paid “recovery” vacations for a week or two after surgery, all paid for by the state, complete with daily massage and other important treatments!

So we took the bus 2 hours to Karlovy vary and found our hotel. It was only $100/night for a stunning location, big room and buffet breakfast, including pool, tennis and spa access.

Dinner Al fresco first night by the river.

Hanna insisted I wake up at 7am the first morning to play tennis before it got too hot. So much for sleeping in on my first night away from Eliza in 5 months.

We went in the pool every day! The elderly spa visitors were less than pleased.  

Lunch second day at the top of a funicular which took us to “Diana Tower”, a hilltop lookout with a restaurant, tower, and of course a mini zoo and butterfly house because why not?

Second morning I got up early to go for a 3 mile walk to Goethe’s Lookout Tower, another of these hilltop lookouts. So much for sleeping in again! 

Before we left, we got in a quick game of chess.