Telć
Nam Zachariase
October 26, 2004
On the way to Telč I noticed that the roads here are quite different than in the
United States, but at the same time are very different from roads farther east.
Roads here are typically marked and have curbs (in cities), a huge step up from
the east, but there seems to be only a few divided highways and the ones that do
exist are usually only around the large cities, or between the large cities. This
makes sense, but I’m used to divided highways in the US between two large cities
no matter how far apart they are. I think here divided highways only exist when
the amount of traffic requires it, whereas in the U.S. they exist anywhere where
the speed forces them to.
Telč is still surrounded by a moat, man-made and the city seems separated from tourists.
There was little to see and our bus was to leave only about an hour and a half after
we arrived so we hulled through the city. We saw nearly everything, although skipping
all of the details.
We got to the train station in time to meet a Japanese traveler who spoke no English,
but Derek knew a few Japanese phrases and he smiled at us said a few phrases in
Japanese and then he took pictures of us.