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| On the way out of Melnik there is about only one site to get a picture of the confluence of the Elbe and Moldau and even that isn't very good although close. The Moldau is the river that goes thru Prague. There's also a canal meets the Elbe here. |
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| This is looking back at Melnik and the castle. The terraced vineyards are visible. |
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| While riding thru the woods we came upon the schloss Veltrusy. It's being renovated after falling into disrepair but is still a beautiful castle. There were extensive grounds and huge greenhouses. |
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| One of the staircase entries of the schloss Veltrusy |
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| We came upon a kayak course that is channeled out of the river. They also have a 2000 meter rowing course adjacent to the kayak course. They were have races when we passed by. |
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| Chateau Troja is on the outskirts of Prague and right next to the trail. It is a 17th century baroque palace built for the Sternberk family inspired by a roman country villa. It now houses the Prague city gallery. |
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| We couldn't get in the front door so Johanna tried the back door. She actually got inside to a lobby where people were seated listening to a quartet playing classical music. There was going to be a concert later. It had been raining on us for several hours so we tried to find our lodging which was prebooked. It took us quite a while even the hotel had lots of signs on the trail. We missed the most important one and were stuck. To call the hotel the number had a + in front of it and I couldn't figure out how to get a + to come up on the phone. But even a monkey can get it if he punches enough buttons and we got the hotel and he told us how to get there. We had a great room and the host was terrific. Tomorrow to Prague |
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