My cousin and his wife have really treated us today. They drove us to Karlovy Vary. Karlovy Vary is a town in the western most part of Bohemia and is a world renown spa town. The town has 13 different mineral springs and each one is said to cure different ills. I have tried them all. It is also said that after consuming said mineral waters, one will need to quickly avail him or herself of the many available toilet facilities. I have no first hand experience with this as I only sampled and sipped the waters.
The town is laid out along the banks of Teplá Řeka (Warm River) and, in fact, the river is warm as some of its composition are thermal springs. By the way, all the mineral spring range in temperature between 30 and 72 degrees Celsius.
Karlovy Vary was founded in 1370 by King Charles IV. there are some remnants of the original settlement, however most of the buildings are from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. More information is available on Wikipedia under Karlovy Vary.
THis is the colonnade where some of the 13 springs are located
Teplá Řeka
The Grand Hotel Pupp. This hotel was used in the 007 movie Casino Royale.
Another view of the Colonnade.
Tomorrow off to the mountains.
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