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| Radhost mountain Hike - Vylet na Radhost | | Date Created: Jun 12, 2005, 04:48 PM |
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The second day in Radhost we made a trip to the Radhost Mountain (3500 feet above sea level). The bus took us all the way to Pustevny and from there we hiked for about an hour to the top. It was cold, cloudy, occasionally with rain and hail showers. There were some remnants of snow on the side of the trail and no leaves on the short bushes. We passed by the large granit statue of the god of thunder Radegast with a headrest of spikes and body of a huge, muscular smith. Radegast is called the second most popular beer in the Czech Republic which is also quite well known in the USA probably because it's cheaper than overpriced Pilsner Urquell.
The summit of Radhost is round, without trees. There is a statue of Cyril and Method, large, brown shingled chapel and a tall TV tower. The views were obscured by clouds but occasionally we could see Roznov in the north and Frenstat in the south.
Since it was cold and windy we hadn't stayed long and went down guided by red tourist markers painted on the rocks and trees. It was only six miles to Roznov first through spruce, then beach and maple forests. The more we descended the more green the trees became. Almost at the bottom we had some sunshine and went through meadows with blooming flowers and wild cherry trees.
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In the suburbs of Roznov we rewarded ourselves by stopping at the Eroplan Restaurant. The story tells, that at the end of the war a fighter plane was shot down and crashed into this area. On the site they built a restaurant and hotel and put a much older upper-winged plane model in front of it. It's made of steel, has a pilot with a scarf around the neck and rotating propeller driven by a stream of water.
The restaurant's interior is furnished with modern but simple style wood furniture. The tables are covered with white linen cloths and vases with fresh flowers. The food and service were excellent. After a hike and two Pilsners everything tastes great.
Druhy den v Radhosti jsme se vypravili na vylet na horu Radhost (1300m). Jeli jsme autobusem na Pustevny a odtud pesky asi hodinu na vrchol. Byla zima, zamraceno, vitr s obcasnym destem nebo kroupami. Po stranach stezky lezely jeste zbytky snehu a nizky porost dosud nemel zadne listy. Prosli jsme kolem velke zulove sochy boha Radegasta, boha hromu a blesku, ktery ma celenku se spicemi a svalnate kovarske telo. Druhe nejoblibenejsi pivo v Cechach se take jmenuje Radegast. Pije se hodne nejen v Cechach, ale take je zname v USA, protoze je lacinejsi nez predrazeny Plzensky Urquell. |
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Vrcholek Radhoste je zaobleny, bez porostu. Je tam sousosi Cyrila a Metodeje, velka, tmavehneda, sindely pokryta drevena kaple a vysoka televizni vez. Vyhledy do udoli byly vetsinou zakryty mraky, ale obcas vykoukl na severu Roznov a na jihu Frenstat.
Jelikoz nam bylo zima a foukal studeny vitr, zdrzeli jsme se jen kratce a zacali sestupovat po cervene znacce dolu. Stezka do Roznova je 10 km dlouha a vede zprvu smrkovym a pak bukovym a javorovym lesem. Cim vice jsme klesali, tim vic pribyvalo na stromech cerstvych listu. Temer dole jsme meli teple slunicko a kvetly tu na loukach jarni kvetiny a divoke tresne.
Odmenili jsme se pozdnim obedem v restauraci Eroplan. Udajne tu na konci valky spadla sestrelena stihacka. Postavili tady hotel a restauraci, a na pamatku pred vchodem maji vystaveny kovovy model stareho jednojplosniku s pilotem se satkem kolem krku a vrtuli, ktera se toci, pohanena proudem vody.
Vnitrek restaurace je moderne a vkusne zarizeny. Stoly s lnenymi ubrusy maji jednoduche, drevene hnede zidle. Obsluha i jidlo byly vyborne. Po vylete a dvou plzenskych chutna kazde jidlo bajecne. |
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