Who's seen "The Last Holiday"?
This silly movie is one of Butch and my favorite movies. When I was planning this trip, I said to Butch "do you want to stay in the hotel from the Last Holiday? We are never going to be closer." One of the things that Butch and I have in common is that we will both do things simply because we can. So, we drove up to Karlovy Vary to stay in the Grand Hotel Pupp - the hotel made famous by The Last Holiday and Casino Royale.
How's the hotel? It's old but definitely charming. Although, we anticipate the bed being the worst of the entire trip.
I'm not sure the pictures will do the hotel justice. Imagine stately dining rooms, ornate ceilings and grand staircases. The ceilings have to 20 feet high at least.
The spa and pool area is brand new. We spent a good hour this afternoon swimming in the pool. It has various stations that turn on at intervals - Waterfalls, massage pools, separate therapy pools, jets, bubblers, etc.
As Butch and I have been known to just make up things as we go, we went out for a walk in town today. This is without a doubt the strangest place that I've ever been. It turns out that this is the largest spa area in the Czech Republic. I had no idea. We only came here to stay at the hotel. There are a number of thermal springs all over town. So you'll be walking along and see things like this:
People drink the spring water as it is supposed to have healing powers for the entire digestive system. I'm not making this up. We Googled the area when we got back to the hotel.
The area along the river goes on and on. There are shops, hotels and spas for miles.
We are going to have dinner tonight at the hotel. Tomorrow we drive to Munich.
This silly movie is one of Butch and my favorite movies. When I was planning this trip, I said to Butch "do you want to stay in the hotel from the Last Holiday? We are never going to be closer." One of the things that Butch and I have in common is that we will both do things simply because we can. So, we drove up to Karlovy Vary to stay in the Grand Hotel Pupp - the hotel made famous by The Last Holiday and Casino Royale.
How's the hotel? It's old but definitely charming. Although, we anticipate the bed being the worst of the entire trip.
I'm not sure the pictures will do the hotel justice. Imagine stately dining rooms, ornate ceilings and grand staircases. The ceilings have to 20 feet high at least.
The spa and pool area is brand new. We spent a good hour this afternoon swimming in the pool. It has various stations that turn on at intervals - Waterfalls, massage pools, separate therapy pools, jets, bubblers, etc.
As Butch and I have been known to just make up things as we go, we went out for a walk in town today. This is without a doubt the strangest place that I've ever been. It turns out that this is the largest spa area in the Czech Republic. I had no idea. We only came here to stay at the hotel. There are a number of thermal springs all over town. So you'll be walking along and see things like this:
People drink the spring water as it is supposed to have healing powers for the entire digestive system. I'm not making this up. We Googled the area when we got back to the hotel.
The area along the river goes on and on. There are shops, hotels and spas for miles.
We are going to have dinner tonight at the hotel. Tomorrow we drive to Munich.
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