So I am leaving Fichtel mountains behind and continue my ride heading East in order to enter Czech for my first time ever. Another first time for me is that this is the most Northern point so far on a motorcycle trip. You see I might be travelling a lot on my saddle abroad since 2010 but most of the times I was heading West not North. Interested in more "useless info of the day" statistics? This is the longest time I've been on the road. Previous record was 5 weeks in a row and I've just passed it. But I intent to triple it so that means I'm not even halfway 🙂
My good Bavarian biker friend Andreas told me to visit Cheb in Czech. Looks lovely in pictures too so it's a no brainer to do it. Not that far either so less than an hour here I am at its Market Square:
Charming isn't it? An American passing by stops at the sight of my Greek bike to ask me how I'm doing on this long road trip and we both agree on how wonderful this place is. Very cool guy hence our talk goes on and on but his beautiful daughter doesn't find it that much of fun to wait for the end of a chat that could go on forever so we cut it short... ish.
This is the city hall by the way with my iron horse posing proudly for the aforementioned records:
I drive out of the center of Cheb and stop at the river Ohre for a few pictures and set my next destination:
I think I'm good to go now and so is the iron horse:
Next stop, Karlovy Vary. Pretty famous city in Czech and now I know why. From the first stop at a parking lot to recheck the map I already adore the old buildings and the whole vibe:
The local river Tepla doesn't have that much of water:
It has some interesting graffiti though:
I try to make it into the city but the way I take takes me to a dead end. Nothing bad happens without a good reason though as Ancient Hellenes used to say so I look at my left rear view mirror and I see that behind me is this:
So I wait for those lovely horses to come closer and I manage this shot as they pass me:
Could be worse since I'm still on the bike without total freedom of movement. Here's one more:
So I drive out of the maze of the city in an attempt to find a view point to this gem. I don't know if you noticed it but from the previous spot you can see how steep the slope is:
I manage to find a good one right here. Without further commenting I will let you enjoy the view. Ladies and gents, put your hands together for Karlovy Vary:
I love how vegetation treats this house (and what a view it has):
On the other side there's a whole forest:
Unfortunately not time to explore neither the forest or the center so I move on promising to myself I will come back to Czech for a more dedicated trip.
The rest of the ride from this point is absolutely wonderful. Blame Slavkov forest for that. An absolute gem, a joy to ride and an eye candy. I make a stop at the Retro Riverside Wellness Resort to enjoy the local lake formed by the river Tepla:
Here's the resort:
Time to hop back on the saddle:
20 minutes later after a super ride in this forest I enter Becov nad Teplou where I make a stop at what looks like the local train station:
However, what made me stop isn't the above building but this one at the opposite side:
Looks like a perfect URBEX target but it's all sealed:
I could stay here for much longer imagining how beautiful this building used to be but I have to move on. In case anyone's interested it is located here.
And if you speak Czech you may find more info about the location on this sign:
Time to go:
15 beautiful riding minutes later I find a spot after Mnichov that offers chances for wallpaper pictures. Enjoy:
Such a sweet ride. Czech, be sure I'll be back.
Right at the birder of Karlovy Vary and Plzen region I make a short stop at this lake:
It's the Ticha river that waters this and it's my last stop before I go back to Germany. The route back to my place East of Bayreuth is also very nice and you can check it out plus the rest of the ride and places I've visited in this 4K video, my longest one so far:
Thanks for reading, see you on the next one!