Macocha Abbys/Czech Republic - Thursday ColorChallenge - Green
Hello friends,
Today's post in the color challenge section is for nature lovers. Macocha Abyss is more than 138 m deep and it is the biggest gorge of its kind in the Czech Republic and even in the Central Europe. It is part of Moravian Karst which is protected landscape area of about 92km2 and is one of the most important karst areas of Central Europe. It would be a great place to visit if you are spending some time in the Moravian Region or to escape from intense sightseeing in Prague. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about your upcoming travels to Prague or beyond the beautiful capital.
I am also calling for your personal images you might have from your travels to Europe to participate in my 7 World's Continents Photo Challenge to compete for the total price of 150 SBD: 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - European Thursday - the absolute winner takes 150 SBD!. Thanks ever so much and have a great day in whichever part of the world you might be right now. Steem on!
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Author: Natalia Fedosova
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The Macocha Legend:
Once upon a time there lived a widower with his small son Janicek in the nearby village of Vilemovice. By remarrying he provided a new mother for Janicek and later a baby boy was born.
Janicek was a healthy boy but his younger brother was constantly ill. Janicek's step-mother hated her step-son and took advice from an old woman, a herbalist. She, perhaps unwisely, told the step-mother that if Janicek died, her son would get well.
"Let's go and pick berries" she said to Janicek the very next morning and off they headed into the woods. "There are some lovely ones by the abyss" she said. "Look, the sun shines brightest right there, by the edge, on the loveliest of berries of all. Just lean out a little. Aren't they gorgeous!" "but I'm frightened. The abyss is so deep." "Don't worry Janicek. I'll hold you my love. And just think how the red, red juice of the bright, young berry will bring health to your poor brother." So out he leaned and as he handed his mother the first berry she took it, crushed it in her fist and threw Janicek into the dreadful abyss before eagerly running back home, her heart full of maternal hope.
Had she been less eager she would have heard little Janicek's cries for help, since he had not fallen to a certain death but had been saved by landing on some branches growing out of the cliff. Some woodsmen working nearby heard him, ran to him, threw a rope down to him and pulled him alive back up the sides of the cliff.
At the very same moment the step mother was opening the door of her cottage, calling out her dear son's name but he heard her not, for he was already stone cold dead, lying pale at the bottom of his cot. Driven half-mad with despair she took the baby in her arms, rushed back to the abyss and with a terrible cry threw herself into that awful chasm onto the rocks far below. So it is that the abyss came to be called Macocha, a suitably corrupted for of "macecha" - step mother.
Thanks ever so much for some additional information! I like your initiative!
Very nice place
nice one, would love to upload but haven't been to Europe yet. Love to upload in the Asian post though :)
Great! Asian Sunday - stay tuned!
@czechglobalhosts,
Wow that would be a great photography and thank you very much for sharing with us!
Cheers~
Thanks ever so much! Have a good one.
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excellent photography & 100% perfect to green thursday color challenge @czechglobalhosts
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Thank you!
this is a good place to visit especially for an adventurer like me who is looking for place to travel, thanks for the info,
Oh, absolutely! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a positive comment. Tomas
Ho my god! It's so beautiful! I didn't know this place exists, so I have done some research on google and I found beautiful pictures about it, visit Macocha Abyss is definitely one of my priorities.
Source: http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/macocha-abyss
Nice nature beautiful
Wow amazing. It's like the moss attached to the big rocks.
nice