{"id":4191,"date":"2011-10-03T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2011\/10\/off-to-the-czech-republic-for-beer\/"},"modified":"2011-10-09T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T12:14:13","slug":"off-to-the-czech-republic-for-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2011\/10\/off-to-the-czech-republic-for-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to the Czech Republic for beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent the long weekend with Brendanas riding bicycles. Here’s how it went.<\/p>\n

Day 1 – Saturday 1\/10\/2011 – Regensburg to Waldm\u00fcnchen<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got up at the happy hour of 4:45 am and headed down to the train station and caught the first train to Regensburg where I met one Brendanas Hollandas. He was, as is typical, fairly disorganised which was fantastic as it matched myself perfectly. We decided a map wouldn’t be bad and found one that covered the surroundings and a bit of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Brendan’s plan was to cycle to Pilsen<\/a> in the Czech Republic to drink a beer. What? Surely the German’s can brew beer too, I hear you say… Well yes, but Pilsen is where pils beer comes from. So we set off early-ish afternoon in the warm Autumn sun. We headed up the river and weaved our way into the hills and over to Waldm\u00fcnchen arriving in the evening. We stayed in a hostel and dined at the local pizzeria. I had a radler…<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a> \"Brendan<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: Brendan clips his heffalump<\/a> bag onto his bike before leaving. Above right: Shadows riding towards Waldm\u00fcnchen in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"Riding<\/a> \"View<\/a><\/p>\n

Above left: Brendan and I riding as dusk fell. Above right: View from the door of the hostel in Waldm\u00fcnchen.<\/p>\n

Regensburg to Waldm\u00fcnchen – Time: 3:56:56 Dst: 92.28 km Avg: 23.37 km\/h Max: 73.83 km\/h Avg cad: 71 rpm<\/h6>\n

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Day 2 – Sunday 2\/10\/2011 – Waldm\u00fcnchen to Pilsen, Czech Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n

We set off in the morning sun and reached the border about 20 minutes later. Brendan invoked the time-honoured tradition of playing the border game<\/a>. The first section in Czech was all up hill but luckily that was followed by all downhill and then a couple of hours of all flat. We arrived in Pilsen and found a hostel. Then we were off to drink some beer in the warm afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"Brendan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Above: Brendanas standing at the Czech border. Below: Brendanas plays a quick round of the border game.<\/p>\n

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\"Brendan<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Above: Brendanas in Pilsen with his golden whatsit.<\/p>\n

\"Mission<\/a> \"Mission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Above: Beer being consumed by Kiwis.<\/p>\n

Waldm\u00fcnchen to Pilsen – Time: 2:53:13 Dst: 77.23 km Avg: 26.75 km\/h Max: 59.64 km\/h Avg cad: 73<\/h6>\n

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Day 3 – Monday 2\/10\/2011 – Pilsen to Regensburg, Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n

We grabbed some goodies from a bakery for breakfast and started the ride back to Regensburg. We took a different route with somewhat less climbing this time. It was still rather nice with some very nice roads and radwegs. The last 20 km was downhill along a cycle path through forest. Very nice.<\/p>\n

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Above: Leaving the youth hostel in Pilsen.<\/p>\n

\"Cris<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Above: Cris riding towards Regensburg.<\/p>\n

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Above: Cycling along a cycle way towards Regensburg.<\/p>\n

Pilsen to Regensburg – Time: 5:59:22 Dst: 157.69 km Avg: 26.33 km\/h Max: 65.19 km\/h Avg cad: 74<\/h6>\n

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Cycling to Pilsen, Czech Republic_web[maptype=G_HYBRID_TYPE]<\/a><\/p>\n

Above: A cunning little map of our route over the three days.<\/p>\n

\"Regensburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Above: I stayed another day in Regensburg before heading off to a conference in Leipzig. Here’s a nice sunset I snapped while riding around on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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