Can't wait to see photos! ~squirrel On Sep 14, 2014 11:05 AM, "DirtDoc via Texascavers" < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:
> We are traveling with only a tablet and my intention was to post this to > the group. > > We have been traveling 19 days so far. Visited parts of the Czech > Republic, Slovakia, and are now in Budapest. > > In addition to visiting the Moravian and Bohemian karst and caves (the > same regions visited last year by those attending the International > Congress in Brno but we have been on our own schedule and generally > spending more time actually in the countryside),we have devoted time to > appreciate the last 1,000 years plus of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and > more recent history of Eastern Europe. There are beautifully restored towns > of Chesty Krumlov, Telc, and Holasovice, some really gems hidden out in > the countryside. > > The large cave system of the Moravian Karst that is partly unroofed > (hydrologically 33+ km of caves) including Punkva Cave and the Macocha > Abyss is truly impressive and on the scale we have seen in the Balkans, > China, and SE Asia. > > We stayed in a small pension in the middle of the karst not far from the > main tourist cave. I had rained recently and the waters were up in the > karst and the lower levels were flooded. We did get a good feel for the > hydrodynamics. > > We will rent a car and head for the Aggtelek and Slovak Kast on the border > of Slovakia and Hungary, and then to the karst of Romania. > > Presently in Budapest and have enjoyed several nights of fine music, > thermal spas, and a complex of caves beneath the Buda side of the city. > Some are excavated but some are abandoned feeders to the thermal springs. > > To be continued-------- > > Dirtdoc > > > > > Sent from Samsung tablet > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > >
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