Water

On the holiday weekend we tried canoeing on the river Vltava in the Czech Republic.

We started early on saturday morning. Due to the bad weather conditions the girls denied their attendance. When we arrived at our proposed starting point it rained hard. So we decided to do sightseeing. We started with the monastery in Vissy Brod, followed by the embankment dam that creates the big Lipno reservoir. Afterwards we headed for Cesky Krumlov. We checked in at the campsite and spent the afternoon with visiting the picturesque Old Town and Castle of this World Heritage Site. In the evening we grilled klobassa sausages in front of our tents.

The next morning the weather looked better. We packed our stuff and drove to Vissy Brod. We arranged for a canoe for three and off we went. After 800 meters we came to the first weir and that - of course - was our first meeting with the bottom side of our boat (three more to come).

We canoed for nearly 5 hours and a distance of 21 kilometers to Branná. During our ride we had two breaks for cold drinks and around 3 pm a bus brought us back to our car. Even tough I got a little sunburn and muscle ache it was a really good trip.

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