While there we ate at this little restaurant in the town square that was pretty good. I had mushrooms and chicken (yummmm) and some fresh vegetables along with soup for a starter. It's always good when CEA covers the tab =)
After that we headed back up towards the castle and took a tour of it. I have some contraband pictures from inside posted at the end. Our tour guide was this eccentric old lady dressed in a red coat, with bright red hair, a hairband, a scarf, and bright pink lipstick, leading us with her red rose ("the symbol of Cesky Krumlov"). She was quite a treat! We had no idea what we were in for. We learned a lot about the castle though and got to see the bedrooms and bathrooms and dining rooms, of which there were more than a few. The castle also had many rugs of bears, which according to my guide book they never call by name but instead allude indirectly to with titles like "the big brown one." At one point I leaned over to pet the bear skin and accidentally spilt water on the bear and the floor. Whoops... guess you can say I added to the exhibit. Eventually we made our way to the ballroom which is painted in lovely scenes and there we were treated by our guide with a song. She burst forth randomly with her singing, startling us, but she was, surprisingly, pretty good.
After our tour of the castle we had some free time before we had to leave so we walked around dthe town some, looking for pretty picturesque things. They had some really good views of the river and some fun things around the town.
It was a lot cheaper than Prague because it's so small, but I don't think I could ever study abroad somewhere like it; it's too small, I don't know what I would do with myself!
But that was our short day in Cesky Krumlov. I think we spent about 5 hours there and then we came back. Krakow, Poland is up this weekend and I'm excited!!! Hope y'all have a wonderful week!
the gardens, and the fountain in the gardens, Katie Mac inside the restaurant
the bar of the restaurant, the bear enclosure
a bear chowing down, the tower of Cesky Krumlov
a view of the riverbank, a view down, part of the castle
a view from inside the castle, the castle chapel, a bed chamber
a bear rug (probably the one I spilt on), a dining room, a table for checkers
some of the coat of arms for the different royal families that lived at Krumlov Castle, another view from within, pretty flowers
chess!, a kitchen, and a golden carriage
another dining room, a sitting room, and some of us in the mirror
a Chinese sitting room, the chandelier in the room, and the dressing room of the lady of the house
the barrier for changing, a painting inside the ballroom, the ballroom
creepy big-headed person in the ballroom, a she-man, and creepers looking in through the window
a view from below, a green man advertising a souvenir shop, Anna Me Renata Kate and Kayla
we found a huge chess board!, and a fun little thing to poke our heads through, another view of the town
a church along the river, and a bend in the river
