City has few sights;transit hub for pretty region

Trip Start May 13, 2012

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Flag of Czech Republic Ceske Budejovice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Saturday, August 25, 2012

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Black Tower is most famous landmark here	Modern workers happy going to work?	Main square is enormous w/colorful bldgs	Vltava River wraps around old town
This sculpture sits outside city hall	Exhibit showed how times have changed	Attractive art nouveau style common	Ornate town hall by A.E. Martinelli
Most of old town had arcaded sidewalks	Eastern Europe gets more colorful each year	City of 100,000 was founded in 1265	Not much green space in city center
City home to many top ice hockey players	Budweiser beer brewed here since 13th c.	Town was imperial brewery for Holy Roman Empire	Anheuser-Busch has tried buying rights to Bud in
Europe but the Czech govt refuses	Bud originally imitation of beer here	Virgin Mary Church most valuable historic bldg	Use huge space on town square for art
Most buildings nicely restored on main square	Off main square city less attractive	City transit hub for Bohemian region	This looked like fried cheese w/tartar sauce
Sundays everyone gets out of town	Thankfully Perry Homes hasn't arrived here	Main street newly pedestrianized & improved	ldld

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