Today was basically a travel day from Salzburg to Prague. Most of the travel was along major highways, but we did make one detour to the historic town of Cesky Krumlov. This is a small town in the South Bohemian section of the Czech Republic and is designated a UNESCO world heritage site. Most of the architecture of the old town dates from the 14th through the 17th centuries. During the communist era, the city fell into a state of disrepair. Since 1989, after the fall of communism, much of the town’s former beauty has been restored and it is now a popular tourist site. We only had a two hour stop over the lunch hour so there wasn’t a lot of time to do more than just wander through the town. Another place to revisit at some point!

The core of the old town is within a horseshoe bend in the Vlatava River and folks enjoy rafting on the river. Parts of it have been dammed up to create rapids – whitewater rafting Czech style. We enjoyed a few minutes sitting in the shade watching folks enjoys the ride down the rapids.

As we were disembarking from the bus, we experienced our first major injury of the trip. One of the women travelling with us (not a choir member) fell and opened the scar from a former knee replacement. Reports are that she is okay but evidently the arrival of an ambulance at the accident site was quite spectacular, including almost taking out a car. Ellison Tours local contact has arranged for her and her sister and brother-in-law to be transported from the hospital in Cesky to Prague by private car later this evening. She had evidently joked earlier in the day that as a nurse she was travelling with a suture kit, just in case anyone needed it but I guess you can’t do your own sutures.

We’re staying at a very contemporary style hotel in Prague and had a very nice buffet dinner tonight. The forecast is for a fair amount of rain over the next two days. It will be interesting to see if it affects any of our plans.