Friday, February 17, 2006

Places I've been and want to visit - KARLSTEJN CASTLE

BEEN THERE!

I love it when I'm scanning through the net and find places I've been and have such fond memories.

My visit Karlstejn Castle was on a beautiful Czech summers day of 21 deg, this was a Czech summer, (usually between -1deg - 6deg in the mountains where I was staying. Summer! Unbelievable!) This only day of my stay that my cousin and I bought ice-creams to cool down.

Medieval Karlstejn Castle was built 650 years ago and was founded by the Czech King and Roman Emperor Charles IV for the safe keeping of Coronation Jewels and relics of saints.

Our tour director for the castle was in English, pidgeon English. It was harder for all of us to understand than if we had a Czech tour guide and receiving translations from my family.

Karlstejn Castle was the 4th castle we visited on the day, crazy looking back at the photos now, Aranka and I in front of a castle, in front of a fountain, in front of a statue, in front of another castle, in front of a church, in front of a palace, in front of a castle...

The entire Czech Republic is full of beautiful buildings, the medieval architecture is breathtaking, the spa cities spread throughout the country are stunning. Czech Republic is a must visit for everyone's itinerary.

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