We are woken by birdsong at 04:30 just as it is getting light, but obviously stay in bed for a few hours more. When we eventually get up the sun is shining and it's getting warm. At 10:30 we set off in Mary*Lou with N+G following on their motorbike, for the 10 minute drive to Cesky Krumlov. A few minutes' walk from the carpark we cross a wooden bridge into the old centre. This ancient town is set inside a bend in the River Vltava making it almost an isl...

A cooler, duller morning greets us when we finally awake. We service the vans and check out at 11:00 The drive though Prague is much easier today with very little traffic, and soon we are heading south past Pibram and Pizek. The sky is very dark and there are a few spots of rain, but the countryside is really pretty; rolling hills and pine forest or large meadows of wild flowers. In places we cross, or run beside, lakes and sections of the Vltava riv...

A cooler, duller morning greets us when we finally awake. We service the vans and check out at 11:00 The drive though Prague is much easier today with very little traffic, and soon we are heading south past Pibram and Pizek. The sky is very dark and there are a few spots of rain, but the countryside is really pretty; rolling hills and pine forest or large meadows of wild flowers. In places we cross, or run beside, lakes and sections of the Vltava riv...

The 11:29 tram takes us into the city and we cross over Charles Bridge. It is very busy with lots of tour groups and Saturday visitors. On the other side we catch No22 tram up to the Castle. Inside the courtyard is very bright and clean, and small groups of guards march through from time to time. Part of the facade is covered in scaffold and netting, but the grotesque stabbing and clubbing statues are clear to see. We find a small terrace outside a restauran...

We get the 10:29 No 17 tram from Troska, 600m from the campsite, into Staromestska where Nick's cousin, Petruska, is waiting to show us around her home-town. Our tour starts with a walk around the Jewish Quarter where we see some ornate buildings, including one covered in dark green motifs and Jewish stars. This is one of the first Cubism buildings, as Prague is where Cubism began. We wander past Petruska's original home and through a narrow courtyard that was...