The Swan Whisperer has gradually got better all day as his antibiotics have kicked in. But imagine being in Ceska and not able to drink beer!
We were up fairly early and at the station in good time for our train, which was a Railjet to Linz. I must say, after the Man in Seat 61 raved about the train, I was not very impressed by the quality of the ride or the speed. But lovely scenery which we tried, vainly for the most part, to photograph. And surprisingly nice coffee!
On arrival in Linz, we put most of our luggage in a locker and set out to explore. The SW wanted to go to the Donau, which was about 20 minutes walk away, so we wandered off in that direction, but en route encountered a beer garden offering a lunch-time menu of grilled chicken breast fillets with asparagus and herbed rice, followed by apfelkuchen, for 7.90, with beer/apple juice and I had coffee which was not very nice. We then walked on to the Donau and on to the bridge - it was looking very grey and not very beautiful. We took a tram back to the station just because we could, and then I did a bit of shopping and we went up to our next train, which was utterly different - compartments, and speed was not a factor! But it got us to Ceske Bujedowice. But we had no idea where the hotel was, and there were no taxis! And my satnav refused to acknowledge the existence of the pension, and in any case had run out of battery! But the station bookstall supplied us with a town map, and we set off on a very hot and sweaty walk to the pension.
We got there eventually. The room is lovely and large, but there are no bedside tables and there were no reading lights until we complained, whereupon they found us one. We showered, then had a beer downstairs in the restaurant and then a picnic supper in the room. There is free wifi but neither my ipod nor this machine recognises it up here, although my phone does. I am going to take this down to nearer the router to try to post it.
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