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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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A different Church of St Nicholas





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The Old Town hall with a weird kind of clock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Hall_(Prague)







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A large Gothic Church

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A old Palace building

Kinsky Palace in Prague

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The Jan Hus Memorial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hus_Memorial

There are a lot of other interesting stuff in the Square. Worth a visit
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After the Old Square I walked to the Nám Republiky (Republic Square) to see the Powder Tower. Which is one of the old gates in to the city.

Powder Tower | Prague Wiki





Next to the Powder Gate is the Municipal House and it stands on the site of the former Royal Palace, the Kings Residence between 1383 and 1485




The mosaic is a 'Homage to Prague'



I also found a Cinema so I went back in the evening and watched the new Hunger Games.
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I don’t know what I am doing tomorrow (now today) as the weather is meant to be closing in again.

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Day 48 Balkans Trip

Well I was going out on the bike today, but it is bouncing it down so I am sat in the Old Square drinking alcoholic coffees watching the wet world go by
Hope it clears up for tomorrow when I ride to Dresden in Germany. There is also a Concentration Camp I want to visit.

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cutting it fine with the weather now Wayne , but you've had a good one so far realy
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If you mean Terezin beware the old town is cobbled, might be fun in this weather! There was steady light snow and temperatures just below zero all through the last two days of the Bobsleigh racing at Altenberg. I think your trip was just one week too late, although you've had a good run judging by the photo's.
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cutting it fine with the weather now Wayne , but you've had a good one so far realy
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If you mean Terezin beware the old town is cobbled, might be fun in this weather! There was steady light snow and temperatures just below zero all through the last two days of the Bobsleigh racing at Altenberg. I think your trip was just one week too late, although you've had a good run judging by the photo's.
Yeah I have had a very good run with the weather, I can not complain at all.
Yes I am going to try and look around Terezin before trying to to get over the top via Teplice and Dubi. We will see how it pans out.

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Day 49 Balkans Trip
Day 49 Balkans Trip

Had a great day out on the bike today, it was good to be back riding after having a few days off
The route today was from Prague to Graupzig which is to the north west of Dresden where I was goingt to meet a mate who I used to work with in Iraq.

Day 49 Prague to Graupzig
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When I set of from Prague it was raining, not very heavy thankfully but enough for me to put on my romper suit. I was glad I did because even though it had stopped raining about 20 mile down the road the wind was pretty bad in places and all in one suit kept the wind out.




The mountains in the distance was where I was eventually heading

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I stopped at the Terezin Concentration camp and spent an hour or so going around there. These kind of places really make me think, although I didn’t think the atmophere was as eerie as Bergan Belson. But it was interesting to walk around all the same.
Riding out go of the town I saw a lot more of the camp dotted about and I passed what looked like the main gas chambers.

http://www.terezin.org/the-history-of-terezin/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresienstadt_Ghetto





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The corridor was 500m long












These looked like the main gas chambers
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From there I headed towards Teplice and Dubi and then across the Erzgebirge mountains and on towards Graupzig. The road was a bit wet but no snow, there was a lot os snow still on the ground and when I got into Germany and on to the plateau it was extremely windy and I was having to lean the bike into it, which is all well and good until the wind suddenly drops, it made for an interesting yet great ride today


Getting closer


Going up


Looking Down





Finally into Germany



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