Bad luck for these Skodas
 The people here are very friendly and so are the Campsite in the Czech Republic. An ongoing joke here is the damage they do to old Skoda cars.
Over the past few Campsites in the Czech Republic have become increasingly popular. Czech people call their country Cesko, which is easier to remember. In addition, everyone is quite happy that they are now part of the European Union and their Czech campsites. The country will now benefit more economically and new roads will be constructed. Anyone who have travelled to a Czech campsite will tell you how bad the roads are. One of the local jokes is that Skoda's were specially made to avoid all the road holes...
 Reputable brand
This country is full of Skodas and you will see plenty on the way to C ampsites in the Czech Republic . It is well known that these cars are actually Volkswagens. There was a time when Skoda's (the letter 'S' was placed a the beginning of the word for better pronounciation), were fading out but luckily Volkswagen helped them to survive. Not many people on Czech campsites know that Skoda is one of the oldest car brands in the world.
 World top class
The founders Laurin and Klement started their small factory 1894 in Mladá Boleslav close to our campsite in the Czech Republic, which
constructed and repaired bicycles. Soon after the first motorbike came about, and 1901 the first automobile. The fact that Czech automobiles
were quite capable is proven by the world speed record of almost 119 km/h that a Skoda car took in 1908. For years the well built Skoda cars
were the best in the world, and the Japanese emperor even bought one. During the second world war the Skoda works were practically destroyed. The
only reason for the brand-new model that suddenly showed up in 1945 was because of the Czech engineers were designing this new car on a secret
spot during the war. It was a severe competitor to the Volkswagen Beetle, also having the motor in the back. But when the Soviets stopped all
initiative and all work was done under Moscow supervising good car development came to an end. You know the rest of the story. Still, people in
our Czech campsite neighbourhood are proud of their Skoda, one of the four oldest still remaining car brands in the world.
Bad luck
Between the Czech campsites you can still see many old Skoda cars with their motor in the back passing by. And almost every car has its front
damaged. Some damage is beaten out provisionally but when you pay attention you see many of these Skodas close to your Campsite in the Czech
Republic with a large bump in the front. Bad luck for such a car, especially when you keep in mind that the translated Czech word 'skoda'
means... 'bad luck'! The garage mechanic near our Czech campsite shrugged his shoulders when we told him. “Well, when you know there is
no valuable motor behind the front, Czech people sometimes park their car a bit too close to the next object.” But why do they act like
this? The answer is simple: “Oh, it saves on the brakes.” Czech logic.
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