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Praděd
Starting in the Spa Resort town of Karlova Studánka below this glorious mountain, we spent the day Hiking to the Praděd summit.
Praděd is the highest mountain of the Hrubý Jeseník mountains in the Czech Republic. (1491m) The average annual temperature is about 1°C. A television transmitter is situated on the top, 162 m high (Wiki)
Thank heavens for the cool temperature for it was a hard slog!
But the view at the top of the tower was spectacular, the beer was cold and how could you not have a couple of "Praděd" liquor shots to warm you up.
We enjoyed a lunch of Goulash Soup and then headed back down the mountain to walk through the Spa Resort and drank from the Mineral spring.

Ještěd, a memorable stop on our tour! One of our participants took the opportunity on our stop here to propose!!! Very Romantic with a view to die for! We also took the opportunity to take a joy flight around Jested and Liberec... (More details in a later post!)

Ještěd is the highest mountain peak (1,012 m) of the Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge near Liberec in the north of the Czech Republic.
On the peak is a unique building, in the shape of a "Rotational Hyperboloid" often described as looking like a space ship!. This is a multi purposed building, functioning as a Hotel and a Television tower / Weather station.
Designed by Karel Hubáček, winning a national competition to design the new structure in the 19th Century.

Frýdlant Zamek, the 13th century castle and Chateau was well worth the visit.
The castle had a museum as early as 1801 and today is one of the most visited in the Czech Republic.
Czech out the amazingly decorated walls of the Chateau, would you believe the bricks are actually painted onto the plaster.

After the Chateau we had a traditional lunch at the Obří sud, a restaurant in the shape of Barrel, amazing!

Panská skála
The most beautiful example of the columnar separation of basalt, found in the oldest Geological Reserve (protected since 1895). Below the rock is a small Lake.
Walking around this beautiful reserve you are thrown into the scene of a famous Czech children's Fairytale, Pyšná princezna (The Proud Princess).

Budweiser Budvar Brewery (Budějovický Budvar)
Is one of the highest selling beers in the Czech Republic and exports into more than 60 countries across all continents brewing in České Budějovice, dates back to the 13th century Kingdom of Bohemia.
The original Budweiser Beer was founded here in 1785. The company began exporting to the United States in 1871. In the U.S. Anheuser-Busch started using the Budweiser brand in 1876 and registered it two years later.