Thursday, 1 April 2010

The Little Venice: Cesky Krumlov

The name of 'Little Venice' is given to Cesky Krumlove due to its natural geographical characteristics. As you can see, the small town is surrounded by the Vlatava River, but the difference is, you walk here, instead of taking boats or ferries. Apart from that, it's of a uphill rather than a flat land :)
From Prague it takes you 3 hours of coach journey to arrive Cesky Krumlov. It is totally a very different place compared to Prague. You dont really hv the 'tourist' feel because everyone is so friendly and close to each other here. In this context, it is very much like Volterra of Italy. We headed to our accommodation once we hopped off the coach.

We got a little shock when we reached our accommodation (Krumlov House). It was a themed pension! Look at the dragon door first :)
The common room, also included a kitchen and a piano!!Our room!! Ohhh.. so 'fairytale' liked. We then realised that it was awarded the best hostel for the year!! What a splendid pleasure ^-^The hostel owners were very very friendly and recommended lots of places for us to go for sight-seeing and cheap eats. First and foremost, the main square of Cesky:
We then crossed the Barber bridge, and walked our way towards the Cesky castle..

Tat's it!! The Cesky Castle.. =)
The enchanting tower was the first to welcome us. Do u notice a half moon beside it? It seems that the moon was following us throughout the trip, we saw half moon on bright daylight almost everyday.. Well, wat shall i say, that's pinkiecloud's attraction =P
We then walked through a long passageway to the inner castle..
But the passageway wasnt dull at all.. The walls were prettily and creatively painted and adorned which was really impressive :DWe then 'tortured' our feet further walking up the hill to the royal gardens.. Despite so, it was really worthwhile as the scenary up there was extremely, amazingly, utterly beautiful and fantastic! It was so soothing and u wil definitely fall in love with this little town..

Gosh!! The water was so calm and crystal clear :)
It was so beautiful that u wouldnt mind sitting there for an hour just to enjoy the entire atmosphere.. Really! How i wish i could draw such a beautiful picture :D Next, these are some pictures of typical streets in Cesky or Czech Republic..
We had our dinner at a medieval restaurant (sorry i forgot its name, u know im not good in Czech language...) Most of the time, Czech ppl eat beef or pork with bread dumplings, which is a kind of 'rice' but in the shape of bread, coupled with sliced, salted cabbage or spinach. The concept is very much like 'roti canai', where u spread some meat and gravy onto ur bread dumplings and veg. For your knowledge, in most western countries, veg are generally more expensive than meat. If you compare Czech food with English food, Czech food are more tasteful (probably slightly saltier) but personally, i find it just nice. To me, English food are sometimes bit tasteless =P
That's the best recommended dessert for that restaurant -- Fruit dumplings.. Actually it's like our chinese 'pau' but it is filled with fruit jam instead of 'char siew'.. But no worries, it was delicious :) We stayed in Cesky for merely a day and we returned to Prague the next morning. From the postcards, we can foresee that the sceneries here are gonna be even more beautiful during winter. We really enjoy our visit in Cesky and sshhhh.. everything here is so much cheaper than in Prague! :

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