For some real Prague flavour - Karlštejn Castle

Now we are ready for some real stuff!

Going towards the Karlstein Castle! Honestly don't remember very much about it anymore, but we was just great to get some decent sun after the saga. To be complete, I'll provide some information from the official and supplement photos that we took :)

Karlštejn Castle is a large founded in 1348, which has a unique position among Czech castles. It was built by Czech King and Roman Emperor Charles IV as a place for safekeeping of the royal treasures, especially Charles's collection of holy relics and the coronation jewels of the Roman Empire. The first stay of Charles IV in the castle is documented in 1355 when he came to supervise the building works as well as the decoration of interiors, especially the castle chapels. The construction of the castle was finished in 1365 when the Chapel of the Holy Cross situated in the Great tower was consecrated.

More information here http://www.hradkarlstejn.cz/history/

 

 

A lake nearby - such peace...

 

 

Risk being run down by the train...

 

 

Both of us did

 

 

 

And we got back to the apartment by train and some walking... read up brochures and decided to join the Orange Umbrella tour in the afternoon!