Today was the last time I'll see my teacher for my Jewish Experience class as she has a conference to go to in the States. Kind of sad because she was an awesome teacher! She may work at Michigan soon so that'd be a sweet contact to have.
I skipped my afternoon class (sorry!! first time!) to go to Karlstejn, a castle 40 minutes outside of Prague. I think my parents will forgive me for skipping because they were obsessed with the castle when they went. The train ride was quick and painless and soon we were on our way, hiking up to the castle. It was a pretty steep and long climb...not to mention it randomly rained throughout the walk but the view was stunning! The castle was nestled along rolling green hills, on top of a quaint littol town.
I made sure to do the extended tour which included these beautiful chapels (my parents weren't able to see them so they made sure I did the correct tour.) The castle was the summer palace of Charles IV who ruled Prague in the 14th century. It was massive and had so many corridors, it was really cool. The main part of the tour was the Chapel of the Holy Cross which was on the top floor of the Great Tower. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take pictures but I wish I could've because there were so many stunning paintings and gorgeous architecture. The ceiling was absolutely amazing...covered in gold stars and crazy designs. All the walls had beautiful stones inside them, kind of hard to explain. It's crazy to think that only 3 people, the king, archbishop, and someone else!
After the tour we walked around the town for a bit...so cute though everything was closing because we were the last tour of the castle. Crazy how the town revolves totally around the tourists of the castle! We had dinner at a Czech restaurant and got back on the train for our quick ride back to Prague. This may sound alcoholic, but I'm having a drink with most meals now because this will be my last chance for the next year to order a drink! The bummer of having a an August birthday...
Off to go out with some friends!
Love and miss y'all
Sbohem,
Whit
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