Ceske Krumlov, Czech Republic
I honestly wasn't too excited about our day trip to Ceske Krumlov.
However, it turned out to be one of my favourite days of the entire tour.
This remarkably charming Medieval town is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Renaissance building façades date to the 13th century.
Most have been painted over in the Baroque style, but steady restoration efforts are removing the overlay and revealing original design in pristine condition.
As we walked through this town we all felt over and over again that in only a few years' time Ceske Krumlov would be overrun with tourists and that we were glad to have beat the rush.
This place is just too wonderful to remain a secret for long.
The very best part in my estimation was our Bohemian feast, eaten in an out-of-the-way little place filled with long wooden medieval-style tables.
We paid 100 Czech crowns per person for as much food as any of us could eat, served all together on an enormous platter.
See pictures of the food below!
The skyline of Ceske Krumov, taken from within the 13th century castle.
Woganee, Susan and I, from the castle.
Our Bohemiam feast, complete with a fantastic Bohemian waiter!
Meghan got the somewhat formidable but not entirely unpleasant task of serving up our feast.
Me, totally content with the beer, the food and the excellent company.
The crew, figuring out how to tackle this thing called a feast.
Polly was standing on the floor above us at the restaurant, looking down through some sort of hole in the tent-ish ceiling.
An example of a building waiting to be restored.
You can make out the original façade underneath, still covered by the Baroque overlay.
When it's done, it may look something like this building, minus the damage at the bottom, which was caused by the devestating flood of 2002.
Look closely and you can spot the high water mark.
Ceske Krumlov is built around a loop in the river Vltava.
Sights like this one are around every corner.
Note the Pilsner Urquel sign!
Beside the river.
Meghan, Andrew and I.
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