Over the weekend we had the pleasure of an excursion to Cesky Krumlov. Krumlov is a short 3 hour bus ride from Prague. The round trip cost, 360 Czech Crowns ($18.00). Included in the cost were a movie with complimentary headphones and cappucino or some other refreshment of you choice.
Cesky Krumlov is a beautiful little town with a castle, a river for rafting, mountain biking, fabulous restaurants, shopping, gorgeous 4-500 year old hotels and hostels. We had the pleasure of stayling at the Hostel Postel ( www.hostelpostel.cz )The people that run the place are 2 of the nicest people that I have ever had the pleasure to meet. The building belonged to the husband's grandparents and 10 years ago Marion and his wife purchased it from them. Marion did all of the remodeling work. The structure is 300 years old and after his renovations has a complete kitchen, sleeps up to 17, has a gorgeous deck and best of all a man cave.
Many of us have rooms over our garages, finished attics, finished basements and even detached buildings that we fondly refer to as our man caves. We have dedicated beer refrigerators, card tables, pool tables and big screen televisions. But Marion has a real man cave. Not like anything any of us owns. This place is a real cave. Czech bears may have hibernated in there at one time. He has upgraded the cave to include a fully stocked bar complete with beer tap, tables and chairs, music system and a wine cellar. The wine cellar naturally maintains 10 degrees celsius (47 F) year round without the aide of artificial means. I guarantee anyone who reads this has never been in or seen a man cave built from a real cave.
Anyhow, Eileen and I basically rented the entire place for 2 nights for 12 people. The total cost of the stay, 6,960 Czech Crowns ($335.00) which is $14.00 per night per person. So as a treat I asked if we could use their grill for a bar-b-cue. One problem when you travel by bus is that you don't have wheels so Marion's wife took us to the Tesco for supplies. I cooked chicken, klobasy sausage, garlic herbed potatoes, and fresh breads for 12 people for $32.00.
After dinner Marion brought out a bottle of schnapps. He said this schnapps only comes out on special occasions and since we were fast becoming friends this was definitely a special occasion. The first thing I noticed was that the bottle had no label. Apparently this bottle of schnapps is made locally by one of Marion's friends. It was distilled from beer and apples. It was about 110 proof and as Marion says, "It is velvet". It definitely was velvet smooth. Just ask Eileen, she had a shot. Marion and I finished the bottle around 2:30 AM.
I can't wait to go back.
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