Sore bum to Bologna: From Tyn to Ceske Budejovice

It was one of those days where you had to keep taking your rain stuff on and off as the showers came and went. Luckily, we missed the big thunderstorm nearby. We had 5 more climbs, but are gettting much more competent at defeating them. The hills are getting higher as we approach the Czech/Austrian border and the source of the Vltava, but there are not so many of them, so that's OK.

After the last hill of the day, we rode past Hluboka castle (http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/hluboka-e.htm), which was inspired by Windsor Castle apparently. Trust the Czechs to steal our Great British Architecture!

From there, it was a perfect run along a pristine cycle path into Ceske Budejovice. Yes, this is the home of Budvar/Budweiser beer, so we were going to have to investigate the city's culture thoroughly. In fact, this holiday so far has turned out to be a tour of some great central European beer regions: Torgauer, Radeberger, Staropramen, Budweiser...

We found a pivovar that looked relatively original and did the thing. Since we don't have a proper lunch while cycling and burn a few calories on the way, we tend to behave rather strangely as dinner time approaches:

The anticipation