April 22nd

Today my cousin and his wife picked us up and we drove south to one of the most picturesque towns in the world. The town is Cesky Krumlov and it is a UNESCO World Heritage protected site. Cesky Krumlov is one of the oldest continuously occupied medieval towns in Europe. The castle dates back to 1302 and the chateau and the town soon followed.

All vehicles except local delivery are banned from the historic part of the town so visitors must park in one of the many visitor parking lots and walk in. The picture below shows one of the entrances into town from the parking lot we chose.

And this is the other side

The following pictures will hopefully give an idea of what the town is about.

The Chateau

The castle to the left of the chateau

Town square with many excellent restaurants

A view from the castle

Another view

Yet another view

We ended the day by driving back to Prague through some of the old country roads rather than taking the freeways. This gave us an opportunity to stop and buy some real Czech confectioneries, drive through some of the old Czech hamlets and see some of the local castles in the hills. we also stopped at a place call Mnisek pod Brdy which was a town close to a small village where my grandparents lived. There is a very nicely restored chateau there.

Tomorrow we will be taking it a little easy as today was a lot of walking and hill climbing and our legs need a bit of rest.

for more info on Cesky Krumlov go here