Graduation Trip Day 3: Karlstejn Castle & Prague, Czech Republic

Once we got back to our car (again, in time for the meter), we left for another castle. This one is called Karlstejn Castle.  It was the cool, old, real life castle—not ones that were built 200 years ago. First we had to get up to the top of the hill it was situated on. We had been in the sun all day, my feet hurt, and it was so hot, I tried not to be miserable for Jeff’s sake. He’s sweet—stopped at a side shop and bought me a slushy and water and got an ice cream cone for himself. We felt much better. The castle had little battlements and a wax museum with old clothes and things. It was cool.

On our 1-2 mile walk up to the castle. 

front door

We went back to Prague (jealous of all the people we saw on the way back swimming in the river), and went to our new hotel, good thing because Jeff hated that other Old Time hotel so badly:) This one was a lot nicer—1^st floor, A.C., away from the street noises, and normal paint on the walls. We took showers to cool and clean off, then we got ready to see more.

Jeff wanted to go get dinner and eat it on the bridge and see the bridges at night. Like I said, we did a ton of walking. I was glad we did, though. We shared a kebab and walked down through the old streets to the bridges.

We walked from our hotel, past the National Museum and down Wenceslas Street. The statue below sits in the middle of the square. 

Josie and her Kabab

We took pictures from a different view on a different bridge and were jealous of the people rowing on boats in the water (because they weren’t on their feet and could cool off).

On our way back I noticed nobody was ahead or behind us, so I asked Jeff to carry me. He was happy about that—a little too happy, because he wouldn’t put me down once I saw people again! Jeffy promised to buy me a fruit smoothie—I was craving those like nothin’ else—so that got me happily home for a second time:) We Skyped with the Ryans; Mike and Clarissa are leaving for New York tomorrow.

Overall, today we walked probably close to 10 miles, most of it uphill, and all of it in the scorching sun. We saw everything we wanted to in Prague and even snuck in a castle. When we got back to the hotel we cranked the AC, talked to some family, and zonked out for the night.