We took off to explore the grounds of the chateau. It was very neat and tidy so we decided to wait around for a tour. Understandably it was in Czech, but had a set of English papers for it. It is hard to remember which rooms were in which Hrad (Castle)/Zamek (Chateau) as they do not let you take any photos. Maybe that’s why, so you come back : ) If I remember correctly the armoury was very good, even though it was small.
Then we walked more around the town, this time around the lakes. Saw a weird but nice site. White swans flying around. It just looked kind of wrong, naa they should be black : ) Took in a sports store and wondered at the price of the ice skates, so cheap. Hmmm.
A nice lunch with too much garlic, I will have to get used to it and it was onto the bus. We were heading for the town of Cesky Krumlov and had to change busses at Ceske Budejovice, where we were trying to rustle up some digs for the night on the phone without much luck. This old dude overhead us and gave us a number to try. We rang and hooked up and onto the bus more relieved we went. We got off at our stop, as did the old dude. We jumped onto another bus and he gave us directions and pointed us in the right direction. The lady at the pension was lovely, and very helpful.
We walked down a big hill to Cesky krumlov. This town also has a world heritage area. We were able to walk through the castle/chateau grounds which was stunning. Then down and across the river. Zuz commented “Does this place have a square?” and 10 meters later, sure enough we walk into it. After a feed and a drink we ended up catching a taxi home to avoid that large hill, and I am sure we ended up going the long way.