October 2016
I decided to go to a town I hadn't managed to visit in 3 years but wanted to - České Budějovice. But 1 town for 1 day is not enough, so I searched for a long time for options of where else to go. The choice fell on the town of Třeboň, about which I'd heard something in passing but didn't really know what was interesting there.
I'll explain right away - actually these towns are written as "České Budějovice" (with an ё) and "Třeboň", however I don't give a fuck about the wonderful rules for translating Czech toponymy, so I'll write the names in a human way.
So, what did I know about Třeboň before the trip? Almost nothing, only that there are famous pond(s) there with lots of carp. And Czechs eat carp everywhere in winter.
We're going on a comfortable train :)
Around 7 am we got on a train from Prague. There was 1 transfer ahead. By the way, the train was full, so definitely buy a "místenka" (seat reservation), fortunately it costs exactly 0 crowns. We had to kick a granny-dandelion off a seat, though she just had to move to the opposite seat :)
I wanted to sleep but couldn't really, the transfer was in about an hour at a place called Veselí nad Lužnicí. The station is quiet, typical for Czechia. There's a toilet, a little shop with stuff to snack on. By the way, the train to Třeboň departed in 20 minutes but was already standing there - yellow, suburban.
Veselí nad Lužnicí, if anyone's interested (spoiler alert - not interesting)
In the end, we reached our destination
Good sign, they rent bikes here. That means the town is most likely on flat terrain.
Right at the station there are traces of folk art. Attention to the carp on the right. I'll call them here by the Czech name cutely, "kapřík". Kapřík for everyone, I'm treating.
The station is located a bit on the outskirts, we're walking. Třeboň trash bins.
Entrance. It's clean around.
What's in the town? We don't know yet, but we're heading to the center.
This district of the town is wildly inconvenient for pedestrians. Not only are the distances quite large, but the crossings are located simply in the ass.
The roads are straight and long, cars have the opportunity to speed up, so not everyone yields and not right away.
You can immediately see that the mayor isn't very into walks from the center to the station.
Another minus - in this district there's crazy noise. Despite there being only one lane in each direction, cars race here, the roads are straight.
Even though there's only one car visible in the photo, the noise from it is such that it's uncomfortable to talk to each other. No idea what it's like to live in houses next to the road.
The houses here are mainly new. Pay attention that on each house the number is clearly visible. But unfortunately, this doesn't help with navigation around the town. By the way, this isn't a house number on the street, but just the sequential number of the building in the whole town. I'd prefer to see the street name and an arrow showing where the next house will be.
On the way we found a school connected with kapřík.
The town only has intercity buses.
Don't touch the beauty with your hands!
Kapřík!
We are welcome here.
In this part of town there are several guesthouses. It's not clear why yet (spoiler - it will be clear later).
The town is still quite rich and modern. Lots of new buildings. I wouldn't mind living in one.
Mostly though, these kinds of houses. Very reminds me of the Domodedovo district "Aviagorodok" where I lived for about 4 years.
A cafe with very specific working hours. Today, however, it's not working.
Do you understand Czech?
Doors of Třeboň.
At this moment I realized we're in southern Czechia. Very reminds me of Telč in atmosphere.
Here, apparently, locals hang out in the evenings.
We went into a local mini-cafe. Excellent coffee, huge mug, tasty pastries. 85 crowns for everything.
The town government, naturally, grabbed a better and bigger building. So it's convenient to park carriages.
Selfie against the background of typical Třeboň.
And in reality - just like my native Aviagorodok.
And we turned through private houses. Here I already definitely started to understand that the town would be beautiful.
Some park was starting. Before this I'd only seen the town map briefly and knew that somewhere there was a "center". I was going to it, and since a park happened to be on the way - well, let's go.
Wow, "castle" park! That means there's also a castle here (which I won't go to anyway).
There's beauty around, autumn Czechia. Let's take a standard photo against the background of foliage.
We go further. Buildings are visible, seems like something related to botany :(
And I saw such a technique at the university in Olomouc. Cool.
Almost November, but there's greenery all around.
Get off your bike.
Is this a castle? :)
And something cool is visible further ahead, let's go there.
And around..
Aha, so this is what this center is.
Whoa, Třeboň. Beauty. Not worse than Telč, which, by the way, is a UNESCO heritage site.
Sign.
Artifacts. At the sheep.
"Don't lean me against the wall, it's not yours (so you're pissed off)"
Czech Sberbank.
Year!
On the sides everything is also very cool.
Locals are happy. A bike, awesome houses, what else do you need.
Třeboň is a very well-maintained, clean town. Beauty.
Advertising?
There's everything here.
Wherever you look.
Cars are honking on the street. Wedding. We went into a courtyard, guys are hanging around, chatting. Definitely a wedding. Just like at home. Terribly reminds me of my native Kaluga. Nice!
"Damage it - we'll punish you". Yeah try to damage that.
Whoa! I saw a similar passage for the first time in Olomouc. Go right, through a tunnel in the building.
And we'll go in the direction of the bus station. After all, the main goal of the day was the famous České Budějovice, where they brew no less famous beer.
Autumn Czechia is good. You should definitely come here in November.
Even nerds.
And chicks, for profile pictures. Fuck Prague, everyone already has photos from there.
Tourist routes pass by. We'll definitely need to try them, there's flat terrain around.
We came to the bus 20 minutes early. The bus station is completely empty, there's no staff. Saturday noon.
We're waiting for the bus. While waiting, we buy tickets online. We'll travel by Student Agency bus, very comfortable, and for some reason the cheapest. Only 30 crowns to Budějovice.
Got on. We drink free tea and we're going, very soon there's a tour of the brewery :)
Bye, Třeboň, we'll definitely come again. The town is wonderful.