April 28

Tuesday was a blustery rainy day. I don't think the temperature got into the double digits all day. It was a wild swing in the weather considering that the day before it was sunny and 24°C!

Regardless of the weather we took the train to Karlstejn which is a little village south of Prague and sits under a castle of the same name.

This castle was built by King Charles IV as a summer palace and to store the crown jewels of Bohemia and the Holly Roman Empire of which he was the emperor. The castle was founded in 1348 and finished just seventeen years later. There is no photography allowed inside any of the buildings therefore no pictures.

It is a bit of a climb to get there so about half way we stopped in a quaint little restaurant and had a bit of a snack to replenish our energy.

Potato soup serven in a bread-bowl

Unfortunately most of the "real" treasure was not open to visitors as the rooms have to be kept with certain temperature and humidity to preserve the antiquities. 

The main gate

After the tour of the castle we walked back into the village and stopped again at the same restaurant "Restaurace Pod Hradem" or Restaurant under the Castle for some coffee and desert.