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Day 4

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

We left early in the morning from Prague and headed to Cesky Krumlov. On our way there, we stopped at my favorite castle during the trip. The Hluboka Castle. Its everything you would imagine a castle to be. Before we walked up a terribly steep hill to get there, we stopped and ate a traditional Czech lunch and ate some more gellati (notcing a trend?)

We arrived at Cesky Krumlov in the after noon. and checked into our little hotel. The town is very small and seems to be completly fueled by the tourists drawn to their little castle. This castle paled in comparisson to the one we saw earlier that day but it was quaint and charming. The biggest attraction at Cesky Krumlov Castle was that they removed the water out of the mote and replaced it with bears thinking it would keep people away more. We ate dinner at a nice little restaurant on a terrace overlooking the river and then conked out for the night.

Very traditional Czech food. Chicken, dumplings and sauerkraut.

Hluboka Castle

On our drive to Cesky Krumlov there were tons of fields of mustard. The yellow was strikingly gorgeous against the green fields and bright blue sky.

Cesky Krumlov

(No I am not preggers. Its just a really bad angle after setting up the timer and then running and jumping onto the wall!)

These were in the town square. We couldn't resist.

Cesky Krumlov Castle

Clearly their funding wasn't as high as Hluboka. If you look up close you'll see that all of the "brick work" is actually painted on.

The bears that live in the moat. Vicious right? haha

At the top.

I don't know why these were there. They were so random and out of place. I couldn't read the sign that explained them but here they are, fingers.

More "turtlenecks"!

Beautiful little town

View from our table at the restaurant

Translation please?

Haha! Its alcohol free.

Good bye Czech Republic!

I am the luckiest.

For our one year anniversary and my 30th birthday, my husband and I, along with my parents went to Eastern Europe for two weeks.

Here is a smattering of highlights and pictures from our adventure.

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Days 1, 2, & 3 - Prague, Czech Republic

Day 1
We left on Saturday May 14th. After the longest flight ever (17 hours) and almost missing our flight by two minutes to Prague we arrived at 10 am on Sunday and hit the ground running. We went straight out to the Prague town square and saw their famous astronomical clock, ate gellati, took a two and a half hour walking tour of downtown, ate a pastry called a Trdelnk (which we refered to as a "turtleneck" the rest of the trip, walked through a cathedral or three, ate a very traditional Czek dinner, ate more gellati and passed out.

Day2

We woke up early and went to Hvelska Street Market where we ate fresh pastries and fruit and shopped for lots of souvenirs. Afterward we went to Prague Castle and took a big tour of the grounds and their cathedral. We got some more pastries. Learned the metro and took it to the Charles bridge. Saw the Danube. We finished the night with a marionette show of "Don Giovanni", which was awful and we left during the intermission.

Day 3
Took a fenicular train up to the Veterans gardens. Saw birds flowers and their "Eiffel Tower". We walked a lot and ate gellati like 14 times. Then we rented paddle boats and floated (translation, John and Dad paddled the girls around) around the river. Saw the "Fred and Ginger" dancing building. Climbed to the top of the powder tower and took some beautiful pictures of the city. Took a peek inside their beautiful city hall. Went to the Mucha museum, which turned out to be tiny. Then, ended the night with some delicious food and bad service.