Orchard Camping

Day 97

It was a late and rusty start after enjoying a couple of bottles of Czech wine the night before.  Breakfast was perfect overlooking the lake after Luke took advantage of the great Internet connection and Skyped his brother Mark.

I went for a run around the lake and happened to come across a nudist beach, which made me run that little bit faster to get away from it.  It was far too early to be seeing a bunch of old fat men in their birthday suits.

It was after 1pm when we finally left the lakeside camping ground and headed off to a small town on the Czech/Austrian boarder called Slavonice.  It was a lovely drive through rolling hills, hay bails and tree lined roads to the small town.   

Slavonice is a little cute town that houses two town squares decorated in Renaissance style architecture.  We enjoyed an ice cream from the local supermarket while we soaked up the sun and atmosphere. 

Not sure what colour paint you ask for to get this effect, but I like it.

Some more amazingly decorated buildings in Slavonice.

Slavonice Town Square. The buildings almost looks like a Hollywood movie set.

Slavonice Main Square in Peak Hour.

We were blessed with another very scenic drive as we made our way out of Slavonice to the town of Telc.  Telc was described in our guidebook as a beautiful Czech town that has a lovely town square surrounded by medieval fishponds.  

Arriving into Telc early evening we saw a glimpse of the quiet town as we drove along the main road.  It was another stunning Czech sight with a large fishpond/lake, huge town walls and spires making us very excited to see yet another beautiful city.  

As it was getting quite late, we decided to save a wander around Telc for the following day and find the nearest camping ground to park up for the night.  

After a bit of searching, we found a ‘homely’ camping ground about 6km outside of town. The campground was actually more like a working farm and orchard with room for some camper hookups and we actually parked in the middle of apple/plum and pear trees for the night. 

Wild Camping at the back of the farmhouse and in the Orchard.