Short one today linking two of Czech Republic's major cities: Hradec Kralove - Olomouc, 161 km. Perfect day, perfect weather, free riding again! The country got me, finally and without a side note. Both nature and built up areas... it all looked great!
Never judge a book by its cover... or better: its first chapter. In contrast to what I wrote after the first day, especially today I saw a lot of cosy towns and peaceful quite neat villages.
So my impression in the end? Czech Republic... It's just a little bit of everything... A Balkanic touch, some German neatness in the small sized old merchant towns, a kind of Hungarian rurality, even a flavour of French laisser-faire... and oh... some stretches of Flemish road quality - but without traffic, so really no further complaints about that.
Never stop riding, Slovakia tomorrow!
Never judge a book by its cover... or better: its first chapter. In contrast to what I wrote after the first day, especially today I saw a lot of cosy towns and peaceful quite neat villages.
So my impression in the end? Czech Republic... It's just a little bit of everything... A Balkanic touch, some German neatness in the small sized old merchant towns, a kind of Hungarian rurality, even a flavour of French laisser-faire... and oh... some stretches of Flemish road quality - but without traffic, so really no further complaints about that.
Never stop riding, Slovakia tomorrow!