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Bavarian Forest 2012 |
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| This one-week trip at the German-Czech border region had a lot of facets: alive and dead nature, German cities outside Germany, wellness a la 19th century and a world-class opera event. We started at the Bavarian Forest and visited the Lusen National Park Center. Its main attraction are a tree top walk with a 44m high dome and its wildlife enclosures. Hiking to the Lusen peak led us through a forest destroyed by a bark beetle infestation, where new live slowly comes back. We visited for a day the historic town of Ceský Krumlov (formerly Krummau). Then we continued to the historic spa town of Karlovy Vary (formerly Karlsbad) for a few days of wellness and sightseeing. The top attraction, though, was at the end: the Bayreuth Festival with seeing a performance of Wagner's Tannhäuser |
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| Tree Top Walk at the National Park Center Lusen | |||||||||
Entry to the tree top walk
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View on the Lusen peak
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Walk among the trees
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Portrait on the walk
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Red squirrel in tree
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Balancing on the walk
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Walk near the dome
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Dome
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Dome top
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Entry to the dome
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View inside the dome to the top
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Inside the dome
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Inside the dome
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Inside the dome
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Portrait inside the dome
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Inside the dome with tree
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Near the top of the dome
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Tree top inside the dome
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View on Neuschönau
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Panoramic view on the Bavarian Forest from the top of the dome
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View on the Lusen peak
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Visitor center
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| Wildlife Enclosures at the National Park Center Lusen | |||||||||
Guide
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Beaver dam
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Duck
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Pigeon
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Buzzard
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Buzzard
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Owl
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Vulture
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Vulture
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Vulture
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Wisents
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Wisent
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Children on a tree stump
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Tree and roots
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| Lusen Peak | |||||||||
Path to the peak and dead tree forest
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Dead tree forest
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Dead trees
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Dead and living tree
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Tree fungus
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Portrait at the peak
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Portrait at the peak
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Portrait at the peak
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Jesus cross
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View from the peak to the dead tree forest
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Lusen refuge hut
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Flower
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| Ceský Krumlov | |||||||||
Krumlow chateau
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Krumlow chateau
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Panoramic view on castle and town
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Krumlow chateau and round tower
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Round tower
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View from the castle bridge on the town
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Town
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Vltava river
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Castle garden
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Castle entry and round tower
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Brown bear in the castle moat
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Town
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Town
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Narrow street
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Church of St. Vitus
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| Karlovy Vary | |||||||||
Portrait with view on the city
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Panoramic view on the city
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Hotel Modena
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Becherovka museum
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Tasting room inside the Becherovka museum
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Elizabeth Spa
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Hotel Thermal
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Teplá river near Lázne III
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Pramen Vridlo
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Trziste
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Market Colonnade
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Mineral water well
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Stara Louka
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Stará Louka
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House at Stará Louka
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Houses at Stará Louka
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Grandhotel Pupp
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| Moser Glasswork Shop | |||||||||
Store
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Glass-blowers
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Glass-blower
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Glass-blower
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Glass-blower
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Glass-blower
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| Loket Castle | |||||||||
Castle entry gate
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Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Blacksmith and dancing people
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Blacksmith
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Rack
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Meat hook gallows
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Person broken on the wheel
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| Mariánské Lázne | |||||||||
Singing fountain and colonnade
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Hotel Nové Lázne
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Goethovo Namesti
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Health spa resort Hvezda-Skalnik
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| Hallermühle | |||||||||
Guest house
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