Zernoseky to Melnik

Wednesday August 17.
Zernoseky to Melnik via Terezin.  62km.  Total distance 1645km.

Spent some time cleaning the bike chains in the morning, then headed off to a coffee shop about 8km down the road.  What a fantastic little place - set in an old railway station, and the girls running it were a delight.  Dermot thought he did well chatting them up!

Almost made up for last night's dinner.
Then we took a detour to Terezin - a place where thousands of Jews were transported to.
First we came across this site - a place where in Nov 1944, the ashes o 22,000 Jewish victims from the Terezin Ghetto were ordered by the Nazis to be thrown into the river:

 Then we checked out the museum in Terezin.  Unbelievable what humans can do! A very sobering visit that put the spirits down for a while.

Fortunately the journey continued along beautiful paths and vistas - we think bucolic needs re-calibrating.

Ended up in a town of about 25,000 - Melnik, at the confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers.  High up on the hilltop of the town was a church and a castle.  Beers on the balcony of the castle - you couldn't get a place nicer.