During my week on the west side of the country, I checked out a little town called Mariánské Lázně, [named after the healing fountain ?]. This town is famous for its healing waters and people come from other countries to sip from one of the many fountains. Not wanting to miss out, I decided this was a good place to fill up my 40L water tank. That took most of the day, I'll be honest, but this water was going to make me very happy, if I was to believe the hype.

I didn't sample the water on the spot, as I was saving it for later, but I did put a bowl under the fountain for Byron, who was panting from the heat. To my surprise, he sniffed the water and looked at me like I'd offered him paint. Well, I can't say I blame the lad. An hour later, I took a swig from one of the drink bottles I'd filled up and I can only describe the taste as a hyper-metallic fizz-fest. If I were to be a little less polite, I'd say it tasted like a dead bunion, but I'm not going to do that.

Anyway, I had my trusty Berkey filter on board, so I knew it wouldn't matter, and after one round with this miracle water, I did get a perfectly clear and refreshing bucket of drinking water out of that filter, but you wanna see what it removed. No, you don't, but you're gonna.

After one load from the "spring" water. Ever emptied a rusty radiator?