Thu 25.Feb.2021
California
Images - Český Krumlov, CZ (2010)
We are still in the picturesque Bohemian town of Český Krumlov, on the upper
reaches of the River Vltava.
A dark aura about the castle tower?
Nothing so dramatic.
An artifact of my post-processing, to fix very uneven lighting.
Some day I'll learn to do it right. This is not that day. (Blush)
A comfortable cafe with reliable wi-fi. In Summer, it would have been stuffed
to the gills. In April, not a problem!
Any cafe worth lingering in must face the question: how do you get people to
move out, to make room for more people to come in? In Europe, it is rare to
harass the customer to buy more stuff (or leave). This cafe solves the
problem by having only one album on the muzak. All day. By the time I had heard
Cher's greatest hits two or three times, I was ready for a break, at least until
tomorrow. (Gypsies Tramps and Thieves worked especially well.)
On a hill above town, the castle gardens.
Sign Spotting
The cheap punster in me enjoys thinking that the Czech
expression for "real estate office" looks like "reality canceller".
A B&B by the river.
The colors look more like they belong on a
Greek island.
S'grafitto - selectively omitting plaster, to reveal the stone beneath.
It gives an effect similar to painting on the wall.
Some buildings do use paint. A few combine paint and s'grafitto.