Note the swing technique and leery bystanders.
Whew, I’m tired. I just finished an 18 hole round of golf. Being mini-golf it did not involve much walking but it did take me a lot of strokes. The course rules are only in Czech so Karin and I made up our own as we went along. We each maxed out one hole at 12 strokes yet we also had a few pars at 2 strokes. We did not score the 18th hole because the players behind us were waiting.
A choke grip for finesse’
Karin is very familiar with the last hole because every missed shot makes a distinctive thonk! sound. Her desk sits in front of a window that she usually keeps open so her afternoon is frequently punctuated with thonks! So there are pros and cons to living in an apartment over-looking a mini-golf course.
Infamous 18th Hole
When construction was first started last autumn we worried about noise but that proved groundless. Other denizens of the park make far more noise through the night and early morning. We did enjoy watching the step by step progress as the course took shape through the winter. It was completed while we were away this summer.
Our apt. building in the background matches the course color scheme.
The green fees are 140 Kc ($7) for adults and reduced fees for seniors, children and families. Each hole has a shelf for resting your sustaining refreshment as you battle your way through the many tricky shots.
As a footnote for real golfers: Prague and the Czech Republic have many fine golf courses with relatively low-cost green fees and un-crowded conditions.
The one hour rail journey from city center was very slow. It was a commuter train; stopping at every village. However, they were pretty riverside villages and the views across the river were nice. As soon as we got off the train we had our first view of the palace.
buildings going to ruin. The interior was a different story. While not brought back to its former glory the sense of grandeur is well conveyed, especially by the countless family portraits lining all the stairways and halls.
This last Sunday we wanted to take advantage of a free cake offer at the Costa Coffee at Karlovo namesti so I looked over the map to see what was near there that we had not seen lately. The Charles University Botanical Garden jumped out at me as a big green space surrounded by buildings. We had been in their green houses several times but had only seen a small portion of the outside gardens because we usually visited in the winter.
English as well as Czech.