Český Krumlov is a small town in the Southern Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is about 3 hours south of Prague. We left Sunday morning very early - about 9AM. The normally busy street of Vodichkova was completely empty (see photo to right). I had a nice little nap on the bus...I am used to that from the past two summers...I just wish we had a 6 hour ride instead of a 3 hour one. The best sleep has been achieved on 6 hour bus rides. Cleveland to Chicago is the best example of an amazing ride to sleep on because there is nothing exciting to see on the way. Anyway...I digress...Český Krumlov... It was a very nice quaint town. Beautiful. Nice for a vacation...if it were warm outside. Český Krumlov in the winter is insanely cold and snowy...no wonder why there were no tourists to be found except for us! Normally Český Krumlov has a tourist population of 1.2 million every year. With a population of about 15,000 in the city... crazy ratio!
The main attraction of Český Krumlov is the castle. It was inhabited by the Schwarzenberg's who you would think are Jewish...but they are not. Anyway, the castle was very very beautiful and huuuuuuge! It had corridors leading to different parts of the castle on three different levels and it also has the longest lasting and well preserved Baroque theater from the 1700s.
Also in Český, they had a fairytale museum which turned out to be a puppet, or marionette museum. There were some pretty weird ones...like this owl.
They also had a museum of torture in a dungeon...it was pretty creepy.
There was also some delicious food goin on in the Český. The first day for lunch I had steamed buckwheat with spinach and vegetables for only 100 Kc which is about 5 dollars. It was delicious! I really should have taken pictures! Then that night, dinner was provided and I had Salmon. It was okay. But then the next day for lunch we went to a Vegetarian restaurant and I had the Veggi Chili which was delicious! I also tasted some Hummus and Guacamole which were both very good...but the Chili was the highlight of the meal. I also had some delicious mint Chai (which is Czech for tea).
It's late...I'm talking to Shira now! It's her Birthday! Happy Birthday!
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