When in Mariansky Lazne...Do as the German Pensioners Do
A small group of NYU students went out to a trip via train to a spa town in southern Bohemia called Mariansky Lazne. It was a quick two day, one night trip just the weekend before my time on the green island. The visitor population consists mainly of German pensioners who think canes are just as much of an accessory as obnoxiously large sunglasses are in New York.
Our first thing was a gondola ride up to the summit where we had a nap treatment in a salt cave. It was very warm and comfy though the exact benefits of such an act were lost on me.
In all honesty, it was a gorgeous area in mountains that skirted the alps and there were glorious amounts of snow. In Prague at the time there was nothing but rain - so it was something to savor. Our hotel smacked of 1930s Japan - how cool. Hello Tokyo!
Dinner was had at a local place that Honza enjoyed as a child when he was raised here. I had pork with white asparagus covered in a creamy cheese suace. And I was so glad that there were fries. OMG - and pepper tartar sauce?! Yes. And I tried a very smooth local dark beer called Kozel, if memory serves. I have yet to have a bready beer in Europe. For lunch the next day I had a crispy klobasa pizza with garlic. It was a bit overpowering.
End of story: I got a massage for 300 czech krowns and the lady said I have a "problem big" just south of my right shoulder. There were other questionable treatments...
Pictures to be posted on the gallery soon.
Our first thing was a gondola ride up to the summit where we had a nap treatment in a salt cave. It was very warm and comfy though the exact benefits of such an act were lost on me.
In all honesty, it was a gorgeous area in mountains that skirted the alps and there were glorious amounts of snow. In Prague at the time there was nothing but rain - so it was something to savor. Our hotel smacked of 1930s Japan - how cool. Hello Tokyo!
Dinner was had at a local place that Honza enjoyed as a child when he was raised here. I had pork with white asparagus covered in a creamy cheese suace. And I was so glad that there were fries. OMG - and pepper tartar sauce?! Yes. And I tried a very smooth local dark beer called Kozel, if memory serves. I have yet to have a bready beer in Europe. For lunch the next day I had a crispy klobasa pizza with garlic. It was a bit overpowering.
End of story: I got a massage for 300 czech krowns and the lady said I have a "problem big" just south of my right shoulder. There were other questionable treatments...
Pictures to be posted on the gallery soon.
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