We had a debate about what to do today. We were still discussing it in the morning with three possible course of actions. It was supposed to rain today and the rain is supposed to be worst tomorrow. It is also supposed to be cold with lows in the low 40’s. So our debate was go to Ceske Krumlov the next place on our list and wait for the weather to get better. Go to Prague and get a hotel room for a couple of days. Or, move to a town about 20 kilometers away that is supposed to be pretty and wait out the weather.
The winner was going to be decided on where we could get our laundry done. Czech campgrounds don’t feature washers and dryers like we are used to. Also, it appears for some reason Czechs have not embraced laundromats so they are rare even in larger cities. We are getting low on clothes and in another couple of days we would be getting desperate. None of the three campgrounds at Ceske Krumlov had washers and dryers. All of the hotels in Prague were really expensive so it didn’t matter if they had washers and dryers. The campground in Trebon didn’t have a washer and dryer, but when I googled laundromats near me one came up in a shopping center on the way out of town.
So the decision was swing by and check out the laundromat and then head to the campground in Trebon which was about 30 minutes away. We pulled into a small shopping mall and sure enough in the mall they had a slightly expensive laundromat. An hour later with enough clothes to get us to the end of the trip we headed out to Trebon.
It had rained overnight but as we were driving we noticed that the weather today was better than yesterday. After we set up in a nice campground by a lake I checked the weather, and it looked like we had a few hour break in the rain so we headed into Trebon.
Trebon is a center for aquaculture in Czech. As we walked into town we walked by a large pond, and a commercial fish farm. They have been producing fish in this area since the middle ages. Interestingly the fresh water fish of choice in central Europe is Carp.
Ton and I have noticed that Carp is the most common fish featured in menus since we arrived in Central Europe. Neither of us have ever tasted Carp as Americans don’t eat it, and neither do the Thai. But in Central Europe it is a staple and part of the Christmas Eve meal. The campground has it on its menu so we decided we would give it a chance tomorrow.
After an hour walking thru the town we saw the skies darkening and decided to head back to the campground. We tried to hitch a ride on the tourist train which stops at our campground, but we didn’t have a ticket, and they didn’t offer one stop prices even for old people.
We got back just as the rain started again. We had a light supper and then sat back and watched the lake and the other campers from inside François as the temperatures fell into the 40’s.
