Pilsen, Czech Republic

Hello everybody,

We’ve just returned from a small getaway.  The house is a mess, the basement is somewhat clean and Jean-Luc is sleeping - everything is moving according to plan. 

Plzen was super cool or as the Germans may say, wunderbar – small and easy to walk everywhere.  We went on a tour of the Pilsner Urquell Brewery, walked around most of the downtown area and had some good food.

Pilsner Urquell Entrance

What is really interesting about this place is that they still brew beer the old fashion way, albeit only for the tours, or so we thought. 

Both L and I were skeptical about the beer, since we’ve had it before and really didn’t care for it. (see the face below)

 

But the unfiltered version of this beer is a completely different animal – really.

It’s got more of the hop and barley taste without the skunk and all the flavors are well balanced and best, above all, satisfying.  Just look at L in the picture below.

She must have talked about the beer for hours and we were both surprised that they don’t sell the beer in that form to the public.  But we would soon find out different later that evening. As we were leaving, L reluctantly finished her golden malted barley extract and said a small parting farewell to her dream beer - as she slowly let her empty plastic chalice of nectar fall into the waste basket she whispered,  I’ll miss you, Je t'aime, Je t'aime.

Anyway…once the tears were dried, we headed back to the motel to lament and rest.  But later that evening we accidentally stumbled upon a bar which we believe is the Pivomuseum Bar located on the edge of downtown. It was a very non descript place except for all the noise of clanking beer steins and chest thumping – so we walked in and you’ll never believe what the bar was serving…UNFILTERED Pilsner Urquell, L nearly fell backwards from a faint. For next couple of hours,  cupid sent Pilsner tipped arrows in L’s direction.

We had a great time in Plzen. L and I had a discussion about how we visited many of the “baby sister” cities in the countries we visited and how much fun they were. One last beer for the road.

Below is a short video of out visit to Plsen, set to one of the songs from my German band.

 

 

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Plus we had one of these too. Can anyone see what is wrong with the picture below.

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It’s a car boot – as in this boot = car go no where.  Yes, yes, yes we know, too good to be true and yes we even asked about parking and the hotel receptionist said it was free but forgot to mention that before 7pm the area was paid parking.  I guess we arrived during the free part of the day and made it two days before, John-Czech Law caught up with us.  But it all turned out okay- hotel paid for everything and we only waited 10 minutes for them to arrive and remove the glamor boot.

until next time,

Hugs,

M&L

p.s. L just said the beer at the bar was slightly different unfiltered beer, but still good.

p.s.s. the circle is complete…my finished drums, almost 3yrs in the making.