{"id":6211,"date":"2010-01-26T15:53:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T14:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2012-10-16T16:31:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T15:31:27","slug":"welcome-to-the-real-bohemia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=6211","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the real Bohemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6212\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bv\/572_659.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6212\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6212\" title=\"572_659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bv\/572_659.jpg\" alt=\"Cesky Krumlov in Southern Bohemia - almost indistinguishable from Bohemia, St Leonards.\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesky Krumlov in Southern Bohemia - almost indistinguishable from Bohemia, St Leonards.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">There&rsquo;s more than one <st1:state w:st=\"on\">Bohemia<\/st1:state> &ndash; this is Southern Bohemia, renowned for its outstanding natural beauty and now part of the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Czech<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Republic<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. In fact, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">(reports Czech resident Andrew Cansale)<\/em>, <st1:state w:st=\"on\">Bohemia<\/st1:state> makes up 80% of the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Czech Republic<\/st1:country-region>, the other 20% being <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\">Moravia<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>. Northern Bohemia is mainly industrial, but <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Southern Bohemia<\/st1:place> is well-known for its breathtaking scenery and old villas and castles.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">Andrew, who has lived in <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Southern Bohemia<\/st1:place> for some years, waxes lyrical: &ldquo;Locally there are many fine woodland walks as access is available to all woods and forests. There is much to do in the area, hunting, fishing, boating, swimming, tennis to name but a few. If you like visiting historic towns they abound in this part of the world in plenty, marvellous medieval buildings all undergoing a magical transformation with the fall of communism. In some places the look still prevails of faded grandeur, but in the main the whole area is in a transformation period. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">There are plenty of Bohemian villages to explore and in which to seek out the most wonderful architecture. If you want to visit some of the finest country mansions and country houses many are to be found here. Orlik with its splendid setting on the <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Vltava<\/st1:place> is a sight to remember. Cesky Krumlov (see picture, above) and Cesky Budejovice are well worth a day&rsquo;s visit to see the wonders of central <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Europe<\/st1:place>. This area is one that will stay in your mind, for its grandeur and its simplicity. The people are the final part of this rich fabric, they are friendly and happy to see you as their guests.&rdquo;<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt\"><o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText2\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt\"><font size=\"2\">[Further contributions are promised from Andrew]<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s more than one Bohemia &ndash; this is Southern Bohemia, renowned for its outstanding natural beauty and now part of the Czech Republic. In fact, (reports Czech resident Andrew Cansale), Bohemia makes up 80% of the Czech Republic, the&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/?p=6211\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[197,24,62],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18151,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6211\/revisions\/18151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bohemiavillage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}