Cesky Krumlov

Megan and I finally decided to do a longer trip. There are several very picturesque locations around the CZ, and we landed on Cesky Krumlov. This little city in South Bohemia is entirely protected as an Unesco Historical site. This of course means that the whole town in old, and mostly beautiful. While I'm sure this must sometimes be annoying to the residents, it makes for a wonderful weekend getaway. We woke up very early on Saturday to get to the bus and spent much of the early morning snoozing on the long ride there. When we arrived however we walked down the hill toward the town, marveling at its beauty as it came into site. We made it to our Hostel and dropped of our stuff, grabbed our guidebook and hit the town. The whole town is on a tight peninsula in the river, and so is actually quite small. After grabbing a light lunch we spent the entire afternoon wandering the streets taking photos, and reading about the history of this quaint little town. This is also where I learned about sgraffiti, which is a form of decoration on the outside of buildings. You will see many examples in my pictures.
We basically exhausted ourselves wandering the town, beginning with the castle, and then moving through every site we could find. By nightfall we were exhausted and hungry. A friend had recommended a little restaurant on the Vltava that prepares authentic medieval food. Though it was chilly, Megan and I managed to find a table sitting on the bank of the river (which we shared with several other tourists throughout the evening, though none of them spoke English). The food was excellent, though I did gorge myself a little much.
After dinner we wandered about the town looking for a reasonably quiet pub, and accidentally found ourselves in a residential part of town. We turned around to go back, when we heard music coming from the river along a little alley. We followed the sound (johnny Cash) to a little locals pub, where we ordered a beer and spent a couple hours talking, drinking and listening to music. After this we decided we had had a long enough day, and went to bed early.
The next morning we decided to go for a little horseback ride through the nearby hills. They insisted we wear helmets which was briefly a problem when they couldn't find one to fit my giant head. The ride was quite nice, but a little restrictive. Afterwards we basically had lunch and sampled one of the local beers and then headed back up the hill for our bus. Pictures.