On Saturday, I took a solo trip to Pilsen, a city an hour from Prague known for the Pilsner Urquell Brewery. I strolled through the town for a little bit before heading to the brewery for a tour.
Pilsner Urquell was the first pale lager, whatever that means. The tour was interesting, but I'm sure it would have been better if I cared about beer at all. We got to try some of the unfermented beer, which I thought meant, like, a shot glass amount, but it turned out to be kind of a lot. I didn't like it, but I paid for it so you bet I was gonna drink it.
Brewery entrance gate
Brewery complex
Bottling facility
Trying to show how big it is
Old brewery
New brewery
Underground tunnels used for beer storage in the olden days
Getting my beer sample
Beer sample
I had found an app with audio tours the night before and it had one for Pilsen that I was going to follow after the brewery. My phone was dying so I stopped in a cafe to charge it, and try a Paris-Brest, and then took my audio tour. It rained a little bit and there was an amazing rainbow that I got a good picture of.
Paris-Brest
Rainbow
After following my audio tour, my phone was dying again, so I headed to the bus stop to make sure I got there before I lost access to directions. I was an hour early, but the weather was nice and I enjoyed sitting on a bench to read.
Rubbing this angel's head is lucky
Tunnel I had to go through during my trip to the bus stop (idk why I'm including it; it felt like a big deal going through it lol maybe because you'd be told to avoid a similar tunnel in America at all costs)
Views from the Pilsen bus stop, which was a regular city bus stop
More views from the Pilsen bus stop
This is what most bus stops look like for buses headed outside of Prague (if anyone is wondering)
When I got back to the dorms, Sadie, Aislinn, and I watched Bedknobs and Broomsticks for some reason. I forgot it was a musical, which is surprising because most of the songs are fire and idk how I could've forgotten them since it'd only been 16 years since I last saw the movie.
More Pictures from Pilsen
View of the moon on the ride back to Prague
Sunday, October 29th
Sadie, Aislinn, and I went to a cafe for breakfast and to study. Afterwards, I was going to go to the library, but saw people in pedal boats on the river and remembered that was on my "Czech" list. I decided to do it because they're only open when the weather in nice enough and I didn't know if I'd get another opportunity.
