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Monday, July 22, 2013

Czech Republic: July 21 and 22: Hradec Castle, Cesky Budejovice, and Slavonice

This is the castle at Hradec which is just north of the city of Cesky Budejovice. It was owned by the Schwartzenberg family who were apparently pretty brutal people.

They sure made a pretty castle though.










This was the coolest part of Cesky Budejovice. The square was kind of boring, especially when compared with the other squares we've visited. We didn't spend a lot of time in this city. One interesting fact is that this is where the original Budweiser beer comes from. Budejovice in Czech translates to Budweiser in German.

When we got back, our hosts with Airbnb invited us to pick berries in their back garden. The boys LOVED it!

There were lots of raspberries, red currants, and another type of berry that we couldn't identify.

Eamon went crazy. He loves raspberries and just kept eating them off the bush



This is the garden.

Isn't it pretty? The big tree here is a walnut tree.

The view from our window. Yesterday evening.

Today we took it easy and drove a bit through the local countryside.



Eamon in Slavonice.

Lots of pretty paved streets in Slavonice.


Every town has a clock tower.

The boys in the car. Gio has some wheat we picked from a nearby field. He was curious.

Doing a little after tour climbing.

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