Well I had this whole wonderful theory about how our folks left Bohemia, especially after the 1848 revolution and the beginning of a more modern era (transportation and communication, ya know?) I had some cool illustrations, cuz I decided we left basically the same way they probably did! But no, there's one major sticking point--too bad.
Let me explain as tho it was still a possibility, ok? ☺


We took pics so I'd remember when we got home.
This is the Ceske Velenice train station. The middle part is the entrance, of course, and you go thru and out the other side, turn left, and walk down to the restaurant door. I'm sure that room wasn't intended for food service tho. It felt "make-do", and like it might have been featured in a WWII movie...desperate, romantic, tragic young soldiers bravely quaffing one more before they left for the front... Hey, it was raining, and cool...
OK, so here's the fatal flaw in my theory:
The map below is from 1865 (they left in 1869), and if it's accurate, the railroad only went as far as Budweis at the time. See Neuhaus, and Gmund? Evidently Ceske Velenice wasn't even there yet.
Sigh. It was a good theory tho.
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