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Ten day cycle tour of central Czechia, days four and five, June 14-15, 2023
The breakfast at Art Hotel in Pisek was typically Czech good. There was granola, yogurt, and chocolate chunks. A coffee machine made all kinds of cappuccinos. We were each given a small glass bottle of orange juice and the croissants were fresh. We packed up the bicycles, but before leaving town we had to make…
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Ten day cycle tour of central Czechia, days six and seven, June 16-17, 2023
Five days earlier we had started cycling away from Prague on the Vltava River and had proceeded south and upstream. Now Lyman and I were leaving Ceske Budejovice for the next town along the river; Cesky Krumlov. Cesky Krumlov is billed as being the most picturesque town in all of Czechia. It was only about…
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Ten day cycle tour of Czechia; days eight, nine and ten, June 18-20, 2023
Our destination this new day would be the town of Telc, a little less than fifty kilometers away. Telc was billed as one of the most intact medieval town squares in Czechia. Before the rain started, the cycling this day was delightful; forests, small towns, almost no car traffic. It rained for the latter third…
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Brunswick Stew: tour of Brunswick County, Virginia; May 7, 2023
I like to cook Brunswick stew once or twice a year. While I prepare it fairly freeform, utilizing whatever ingredients are available, I base my cooking on a recipe from my well-worn copy of the 1985 cookbook Bill Neal’s Southern Cooking. I never met Bill Neal before he died of complications from AIDS in about…
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