I Picked the Wrong Day for Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary

I Picked the Wrong Day for Karlovy Vary

Aug 30, 2026 29 min read

Foul-tasting hot water with laxative ambitions, rapidly declining sightseeing standards and two detours from Karlovy Vary — on the day Czechia set its all-time temperature record.By the time I finally made it to Karlovy Vary, I had already been to Czechia more times than I could easily count. Prague and Brno were familiar territory, and I had even