Goodbye Vienna, Hello Czech Republic

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On our tour of Europe in 2015, we spent ten days in Vienna. Once we left there we headed for the Czech Republic. We were only going through the corner of the country as we'd been told to keep our valuables with us in Prague and the large cities. We were also told that foreign vehicles were a prime target for thieves. As we had a rather large motor home it all seemed a bit too hard to try to stay safe while sight-seeing so we decided to cut across the corner of the country into Germany. I found it really stressful to cross the border and find all the signs in Cyrillic lettering. We had no Czech currency and trying to get fuel we used the wrong pin number twice before getting it right. I was beginning to think we were getting too old to be travelling! We managed to use euro in a supermarket and got the change in krone. After passing through many villages we followed signs for a camping site and came upon a lovely little lake. To our surprise many of the people spoke English and they couldn't have been more friendly. One lady taught English and was pleased for the chance to practise her skills on us. There were two nutrias or coypus in the lake. These come from South America but now seem to be found in a few places in Europe. I took photos of stone bridges. One was too low for our van and we had to make a detour. We were surprised at the great banks of solar panels. I loved the cupolas on a building in one town we went through and the painted buildings. It's just a pity I couldn't get the horizon level.