After a small excursion to history on Kratochvíle Chateau, we went to the Šumava foothills before the crossing to Lipno mountain Kleť. At its peak, our goal was on the one hand Josef's Tower, the first stone lookout tower built on the territory of Bohemia, as stated in the materials available on the Internet, the second observatory, which was built in the sixties of the last century. , we decided on a hiking trip. We chose the train station in Český Krumlov as the starting point for our journey. The weather was nice, so equipped with good shoes, comfortable clothes and backpacks, which did not lack anything good for the teeth and, most importantly, plenty of drinks. Drinking is important and did not disappoint me on summer trips stainless steel bottle, which has very good thermal insulation properties, both for hot and cold drinks, which was important to me due to the summer season.
It must be said that for the not very experienced tourists, which we were, this trip was quite challenging. Most of you might have laughed at us, but we were kind of proud of ourselves when we reached the observatory after the climb we had climbed. And even though none of us is a professional, not even an amateur astronomer, we went on a tour of it. We had no idea what might be waiting for us there, so maybe we were even more interested. Unfortunately, I have to say that the expectations we went in with were greater than what we actually saw. In addition to various images of stars, comets, planets and other celestial bodies, we saw a large telescope, which we could not see. Why too, when it was white day.
One of the few things that fascinated us (and not only us) was the strange young lady guide and her even stranger clothes. She was wearing something that resembled an utterly "sleazy" costume. Also, the very first question, after the young lady asked us to ask if we were interested in something, went from an elderly lady to her clothes. Although I have a photo, I prefer to publish it without a face;)… The young lady was quite assertive and did not want to have much fun on this topic. It actually reminded me of a Martian, which was quite characteristic of the place we were at.
In the end, I was glad when we left the observatory and went to the lookout tower. We refreshed ourselves on the bench below it and started climbing the stairs up. And I must say that the view of the surroundings was worth it. And even in my case, because even though I'm afraid of heights, I can easily look at the surroundings when I have masonry in front of me, which is a kind of security for me. On the one hand Šumava, a view of Lipno and into the distant surroundings, which somewhat disturbed the nuclear power plant Temelín, which was unimaginable. But I've survived.
After we went down, we had another dilemma. Go back to Krumlov on foot, or take the cable car down and return by bus from Krasetín? Well, what would you say? The second variant won. This is despite the fact that I am afraid of heights, as I have already mentioned, and the cable car ride is not ideal for me, let alone if the cable car is a single-seater. Throughout the journey, I held on like an tick behind an iron bar in front of me, and there was no question of taking a picture of myself. I think if I picked up my cell phone, I could say goodbye to it immediately, because it would definitely fall out of my shaking hands. But I can't do anything about it ...
So I was really happy when I left the chairlift. Then there was less than a kilometer to stop, wait a half hour for the bus (luckily it was quite early and we did not have to go to Holubova for a train) and then it was another half an hour and we were back in town.
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