Pilsener Urquell Brewery
America is known for being a melting pot of cultures: so many of us can trace our ancestry back to far away lands, so many of us dream of one day visiting these ancestral homelands. Today one of us finally got to accomplish that goal. Today, Stevie got to see her homeland: Pilsen. We left Salzburg early to drive the four-ish hours to Pilsen, Czechia (<-apparently that’s what we are supposed to call Czech Republic now) to see the town that gave us the mighty Skoda as well as some type of beer called a Pilsner or something like that.
While our trusty stead was basking in the glow of Skodas of years past, the rest of us went to explore Pilsner Urquell, the brewery that invented the Pilsner. The informative tour took us through the brewery’s museum, where we could see the exact equipment used to make the very first pilsner, and culminated with us being able to try the beer straight from the barrels in the cellar vaults underneath the city.
After the tour, we explored the city center, tried some more of Czechia’s beer and cuisine, and really really enjoyed the fact that we are now finally off the Euro for practically the duration of the trip. Cheap country after cheap country after cheap country from here on out (with the minor exception of Slovakia which we hopefully will be able to drive straight through).
St. Bart’s Cathedral in the city square
Tomorrow we head to Prague, where we will finally meet up with Dan, our fourth teammate. There we will also finally be united with the other 700 or so ralliers from all corners of the globe which should make for quite a night on the town in Prague. The pre-rally has been great allowing us to get used to Stevie’s transmission and nuances and allowing us to see some pretty amazing places. Thanks as always for not only supporting us, but more importantly supporting the Ramp Less Traveled. As we approach the kick off, we just want to say how much we have appreciated all of the interest and the support. It means a lot. Until next time - FWY
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