Prague Day 3

Today we went with Sarka (the same wonderful guide we had on Thursday) and two women from Seattle (who were added to our tour at the last minute, cutting the price almost in half) down to Cesky Krumlov, a medieval town in Southern Bohemia. There is the second largest castle in the Czech Republic; the largest is the Prague castle. We got a tour of the castle, a wonderful lunch, and a chance to shop for some goodies at lower prices than we would find in Prague.

The trip was great fun. The two women are mother and daughter; the daughter is studying at St. Andrews in Scotland and the mother came over to meet her for spring break and a trip to Europe.

C.K. is a wonderful little town, very medieval and picturesque. Really, it's like you are at Disneyland or something. But it's quite real. The castle was absolutely freezing but lots of interesting things to see in there.

On the way home we stopped off for a photo session at Castle Hluboka, and I will try and upload a picture for you. Hluboka is one of the prettiest castles in the Czech Republic. It was built late in the 19th century so it had no purpose except to impress everyone, and at that it is quite effective. It's like a fairy tale castle. Finally, there it is, the picture at the top of this post.


Karen said I should tell you one funny thing about our hotel room at Dresden. Our room was rectangular, but the bathroom was created by putting up a curved arc across one corner. This curved wall was covered in nice wood-grain paneling. There was a table attached to the paneling; if you pulled on the table a section of the panel would swing out and there was the closet. Another section of the wall was the bathroom door.

The light switches for the bathroom were on the outside of the room. There was also a large square window in the wall, next to the door. The window was fogged over. But if you pressed the light switch on the inside of the bathroom, between the wall and the window, the window would clear up - transparent both ways! So you could have a little peep show, I suppose. It was really pretty funny.

There, I got a second picture to upload. This is part of the castle at Cesky Krumlov. I'm really glad we went there. It was a great day!