I haven't been able to blog in a few days because I have been traveling around the southern part of the Czech Republic, called Bohemia. Being in Prague I have become used to the loud noise of the city and, it was nice to get away and enjoy the peaceful countryside.
We started out journey by going to Castle Karlstejn south of Prague. This Gothic castle was fouded in 1348 and was designed to keep the royal treasures, especially Charles IV collection of holy relics and crowed jewels. This castle was absolutely breathtaking, figuratively and literally. The castle was on top of a giant 30 minute long climb hill, unreachable by automobile. Despite this, the castle was amazing and I found amazing beef goulash at a tiny restaurant near the bottom of the hill.
We then went to the Pilsen Brewery in Pilsen. This is the largest manufacturer of beer in the Czech Republic and one of the biggest in the world. We got to see the beer be made and go deep underground into their cellars. We even got to taste some of it too! ;)
We then ended up in Cesky Krumlov, which is my favorite city in the Czech Republic. It was like a smaller more quaint Prague. We met some Canadians and became friends with them, we also went rafting in the river. The castle there was also beautiful and the whole town was like a fairytale. The next day we visited Ceske Budjovice and Jindrichu Hradec, two more larger Czech republic cities.
This trip was fun and I got to experience Czech life outside of Prague.
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