Day two of the Czech golf festival saw us travel a little further to the Konopiste resort and spa. The facilities have two 18 hole courses, a nine holer and practise ground. The practise ground doubles as a ski slow during the Winter and has a lift to the top. There is a hotel and spa and additional dormey house accommodation for golfers.
Our welcome at the course was not as enthusiastic as that which we got yesterday. It is often a characteristic of golf hotels that they almost find golfers an unavoidable nuisance. Today seemed back that up.
Early on the course seemed a bit tired and tatty but it's conditional improved greatly after about three holes. The only other downside was the back nine which seemed have four holes of a similar design which have a certain tedium to them.
Cookie and I stormed back from 4 down against two dour Scotsmen and after pulling back to all square on the 17th we gained an honourable half on the last. In the Virgin Swingers league though Cookie beat me 2 & 1.
Last night we had our tour of Prague followed by typical Czech cuisine which was very enjoyable. We had a coach to the castle and then walked down to the Charles bridge and old town in the company of an English speaking guide. It showed us some fascinating architecture, buildings many centuries old standing beside those a few hundred years old, and those in between.
Prague has never been under siege or subjected to land or air bombardments which has allowed it to evolve in the way it has. The only sadness lies in the Jewish quarter where many beautiful synagogues stand as a monument to the atrocities of the Second World War. The Germans cleansed the City of the Jewish population and the Jews have never returned.
So to tomorrow which sees us battle for the Czech trophy. Must keep the ball the fairway and out of the water hazards otherwise Cookie will beat me again.
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