Thursday, August 23, 2012

Krivoklat & Karlstejn

Krivoklat was mostly either a hunting lodge for the King of Bohemia or else a Prison . . . the tour includes several implements of torture . . . so a secondary site, no matter how interesting . . . the tour was all in czech tho' we did get an English precis' . . . Karlstejn was better, but they wouldn't let us take any pictures . . . fume, fume, fume .  .
 
we had a little picnic lunch between castles, on the walking path from the castle to the main parking lot . . . lots of smiles from people passing by, and 3 stopped and talked a bit . . . one guy had a cuisine in chi-ca-go. . . 8^D . . .
 
the little black sambo was from the snack booth at the castle . . . czechs don't have a prejudiced bone in the body -- based on colour -- is how they get by with that . . .
 
we stayed overnight at the Romanticky Hotel Mlyn across the river from the Castle . . . it was quaint and cute, but . . . no ac, close by the train tracks, and there was a wedding . . . we have experience with czech weddings . . . fortunately the reception was on the river side, so we didn't hear them raving on till dawn . . .8^D . . .
 
we had dinner at the hotel, on the river-side terrace . . . we had a rather mediocre prosecco. . . we ordered a starter of prosciutto with melon . . . what we got was prosciutto with soft white cheese & honey . . . it wasn't bad after we begged for some bread too . . . 8^) . . .
 
Mrs got salmon grilled in seaweed . . . she said the seaweed liked that certain je ne sais quois, the fish itself was quite good. . .
 
I had a Top Blade Steak from Texas bullock with chimichury sauce . . . a mistake, in my case, for I only care for tenderloin . . .
 
and one of the joys of summer dining out in cz are the bees/yellowjackets/hornets . . . we are actually becoming semi-blase about them . . . .

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