Notes on 19. 6. 2018 – Let’s return Krumlov to the Krumlovites

rodina7
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 08:36:26 +0000
Diary

It’s just past 6:30 am, and the Asian are already here. A little after 7 o’clock, we go to the bus station. We enjoy the empty streets. On the way, we encounter a truck delivering beer.

I think about how it’s a shame that the house in town has no garden.

I go shopping at the supermarket. It’s not quite 8 am. There’s a traffic jam on Pod Kamenem Street. The usual. At the supermarket, I like the fact that I get bonus points for my shopping. The store in town is more expensive and has no points. I guess small shops don’t feel like introducing bonus systems.

Sometimes the Asians force their way into every open door. For instance the library. The Asians and their wheeled suitcases – the city wasn’t built for tourism, and definitely not for Asians.

I arrive with my shopping, and a little while later there’s two musicians on the bench by the house. When I look out the window, the woman asks whether they’re disturbing us. That wouldn’t happen at the housing estate – somebody playing music right under your window. These musicians have been coming here for several years already, but they haven’t heard of the project.

I want to put some food out on the bench, but there’s some Asians sitting there. When they leave, I sit down to eat. I see three mothers with baby carriages – I haven’t seen many of those here. Locals pass by only on their way to work. Most of them are Bulgarians, Ukrainians, Russians, Croatians.

A lot of the shops are looking for employees, but I no longer feel like forcing things on people just to make a buck (I looked at several places around town).

While talking with a local inhabitant, I realize that there’s almost no place in town to go to the bathroom if you don’t want to go into a restaurant.

According to Mr. Jan Segeš from a local real estate agency, there are no flats for rent. Prices downtown are high, which is why people live in the housing estates outside the center. At Špičák by the polyclinic you have to pay for parking. People who live there have no place to park because it’s full of tourists’ cars. We need to support locals, not parking. There’s too many traffic jams, and it’s expensive. The pedestrian zone isn’t one. Let the town councilors come down and count how many cars drive through here.