Czech Republic

CMS-56 A bicycle trip through Czechoslovakia

NDR-57 East Germany

TAT-58 Slovakia (High Tatra Mts., Low Tatra Mts., Lake Orava)

HUN-61 Hungary (Budapest, Eger, Lake Balaton)

SSSR-62 Poland,Baltic Republics., Russia

SSSR-63 Russia,Armenia,Georgia,Ukraine

BUL-64 Bulgaria (Black Sea coast)

SSSR-65 Russia,Central Asia,Georgia,Ukraine

NDR-65 East Germany

BUL-66 Serbia,Bulgaria,Rumania,Hungary

Vie-67 Austria (Vienna)

WE-67 Belgium,England,N.Ireland,Scotland,Holland,W.Germany

ITA-68 Italy,San Marino, Vatican,Switzerland

From Italy, I have not returned to Czechoslovakia. I stayed in Switzerland (SW-68/69).

ITINERARY:
On July 23 Aramis and I left Chrudim, now in the CZECH REPUBLIC, on bicycles going east to town of Blansko, where we picked up our friend Athos. We slept under a tent near the cave called Macocha. Next day, after sightseeing Macocha, we rode to town Buchlovice, took a tour of its palace there and slept in the woods near Buchlov Castle. The following day we rode to a spa town Luhacovice, where we met (by chance) one our teacher. In the afternoon we continued riding our bicycles through Vizovicke Mountains to the Slovak border, where we spent a night under the tent again.

On July 27 we crossed the border to SLOVAKIA and rode to town Puchov. Here we turned south along the River Vah and ended in Trencin. We put a tent outside the town among the fields. The following day we continued south and later climbed to the ruins of Cachtice Castle, where we pitched our tent in pouring rain. Next morning we visited a castle museum in the village of the same name. Then we continued south to a spa town called Pistany and later drove to the vicinity of a bigger town Trnava. Following morning, being exhausted bicycling, we hail a truck which took us to Slovak capital Bratislava. Not feeling well, I spent the afternoon at a tourist spot at a river near the city, while my friends went to Bratislava for sightseeing. That cured me and the next day we rode our bicycles from Bratislava to the north.
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ITINERARY:
This trip started on May 18 with flight from San Diego via St. Louis and New York coming to Frankfurt am Main in GERMANY on May 19. From May 19 to Jun 1 our group visited: Frankfurt, took a boat ride on River Rheine to Cologne, continued by bus to Hermann Denkmal, Bremen, Hamburg (incl. Hagenbeck zoo), Hannover, Berlin, Potsdam, Wittenberg (known for Martin Luther), Leipzig, Meissen, Dresden, Weimar, Erfurt, castle Wartburg, Kassel, Wurzburg, Rothenburg, Nurnberg, Munich, Garnisch Partenkirchen, Linderhof, Ettal, Oberammengau, castle Neuschwanstein, Lake Konstanz, Freiburg, Baden Baden, Heidelberg and back to Frankfurt am Main. On June 2 I took a train to CZECHOSLOVAKIA for June 2 to June 9. I spent time and visited: Prague, Chrudim, Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), castle Loket and town Cheb. Then on train back to Frankfurt and on June 10 by plane from Frankfurt via New York and St. Louis to San Diego.

Travel office: Globus (through an American travel office)
Who took part: I traveled with about 30 American tourists and among them also Frank Z. (Aramis).