The Czech Pours
The originally plan was to fly into Prague and start cycling from there, but after reading more about the Czech Republic's history and the Bohemian city of Plzeň's importance in the world of beer the route was expanded to start where the Pilzen beer style was born in 1842 after the locals grew tired of the top fermented dark ales and the Plzeň brewery recruited the Bavarian brewer Josef Groll to produce the first bottom fermented larger. The pale larger Pilsner which takes it name from the city of Plzeň
As I usually like to cover new ground and not backtrack, I decided to fly into Munich, and take a train to Plzeň and then cycle onto Prague. The train was very reasonable, less than 50 Euro. Though my departing flight from the states experienced a 4 hour delay, I arrived in Plzeň in time to take a stroll around the city and have a Pilsner Urquell.
There are many museums, parks, and cafes in Plzeň. One could spend a couple of days here exploring the history of the city and Pilsner Urquell.
Dinner at Lokál Pod Divadlem, consisted of creamy mushroom soup, Prague ham with creamy whipped horseradish, with a Pilsner Urquell Hladinka and a Šnyt of the house unfiltered Kozel black.