A European Tour Page 7a Bobrovnik
Friday
Wonderful blue sky this morning and expected temperature of 24C
Quick shower, followed by breakfast but before we take off on the bikes for Jesenik here are a couple of pictures of the campsite!
Campsite Reception
The main field
On the tarmac as the grass is still a bit waterlogged from all the winter snow!
As the town of Jesenik is around 3 miles from the campsite it made a nice change to take the bikes and cycle in after breakfast. The only ‘downside’ was that 80% of the journey was along the main road with rather large trucks passing by, but staying close to the grass and off the road you can stay out of the vortex that they create as they pass.
Just as we turn off the main road and into the start of the town, it was very nice of the Fire Brigade to present all their ‘Engines’ this morning as we cycled passed, so I stopped and here is the result!
Bit further along we see this Factory where again the roof is covered with Solar Panels and I guess today the Canteen will be making lots of Toast with the ‘Power’ coming from this lot!
Next thing we saw was a complete surprise and never seen before!
You take your 1ltr Milk Bottle place it in this machine, which is what the lady in the picture has just done, put in the required money and it fills your bottle with Fresh Milk!
Heading towards the ‘Centrum’ we then spot what turns out to be the Museum which is going through quite a refurbishment program at the moment but you can still go inside.
Inside the courtyard of the building.
I went in to see what was on offer and was told that in the ‘cellar’ they had an exhibition of Geological items.
It turned out to be a bit of a letdown. It was nearly all placards with photographs of different underground cave systems in the Czech Republic with a few Stalactites or Stalagmites in glass cases. The commentary on each of the placards was only in Czech with no handouts in any other language, so after 5 minutes I was done and ‘exiting stage left’!
Went further into the town centre and picked up a couple of nice creamy ice creams on the way, which took us into the Town Square
Made our way back to the bikes and passed a Fair Ground that was just being assembled for the Easter Holiday.
It was good to see the ‘Recycled’ Army Trucks and other vehicles being used for towing and accommodation by the fairground people.
As there was not a lot else of interest in the town, we headed back to the campsite and an early lunch, then head off to see if we could find a ‘Lookout Tower’ at a place called Zlatȳ Chlum which meant a drive towards a town called Zlaté Hory.
The view looking back towards Jesenik as we went ‘hill climbing’ yet again was quite nice
I think we missed the turn for Zlatȳ Chlum as before we knew it we were approaching Zlaté Hory, then driving down the main street!
Pulled over and parked with a nice view up the main street.
Walked back up and spotted this church set back.
The inside this time was quite spectacular for its decoration
While coming back outside the Church and looking directly in front was the Town Hall with the ‘Air Raid Siren’ on top of the roof!
Making our way back to the car I looked between a couple of other buildings and spotted this Crane’s nest on top of a chimney.
We think it was a baby crane inside the nest as its head kept coming up but it made no other movement.
We tried to find the Lookout Tower on the way back without any luck so might try the Tourist Office to see if they have a better map with clearer directions on it tomorrow.
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