Posts Tagged ‘Castle’
Caves and Riverbends
Český Krumlov. This past weekend, NYU took a group of us to the beatuifully preserved Renaissance town called Český Krumlov. It is located about 3 hours south of Prague and it is often referred to as “the pearl of Central Europe”. The small town is surrounded by a big bend in the Vltava River (which is the same river that runs through Prague). Český Krumlov is so well preserved because it was basically forgotten after the medieval and Renaissance periods in Bohemia and thus experienced no damages due to wars.
This is the town of Český Krumlov: (Click on the Image to See Full Size)
No Czech town would be complete without a Castle (“Hrad” in Czech):
NYU put us up in the Traveller’s Hostel there, but somehow we ended up with the Apartment Suite complete with kitchen, 2 bathrooms, loft area, fireplace and 2 couches. Pretty fancy for a hostel room. As my mom would say, I am incredibly lucky. (click to see larger)
Myself, suitemate Amanda and Czech RA Lenka below the Castle Complex:
Playing around in the Castle Gardens (Did I mention that Fall is absolutely gorgeous here in Central Europe?):
Bozkovske Caves. Two weeks ago we went on an NYU day trip which included a tour of the Bozkovske caves of Northern Bohemia and a 3 hour hike through the woods. Sadly, the caves were a pretty big let down. They had paved paths and installed lighting which took away from the whole caving experience. The stalagmite (stalactite? i can never remember which one it is) formations were still very cool.
Pretty, pretty fall leaves (click to see larger)
We passed some pretty neat old farm houses on our hike:
Our NYU group (click to see larger):
Next Thursday we are off on our big trip: Fall Break! My ten days will be spent between Milan, Madrid and finishing it off with Halloween in Amsterdam. We have all of our hostels booked and I will get to see a few familiar faces along the way: Meghan in Madrid and Christian in Amsterdam. Although, before I embark I have 4 midterms and 2 papers to get through. Yuck!
I will leave you with this great picture Dave took of (left to right) me, my roommate Becky, suitemate Amanda and friend Krista who lives upstairs (click to see larger):
