MORE ZBIROH...

During our stay at the castle Zbiroh, we were able to catch a dinner full of entertainment

 sword fights

 with great costumes (LOVE these boots)

 magic tricks

 and live music

Oh, and don't forget the yummy DESSERT!

We were also super lucky enough to go for a buggy ride.

 The castle staff prepared a lunch basket for us

and we had a castle view picnic.

 Ivanka drove nice and slow so we wouldn't get dirty or lose the food

but then it was my turn to drive...

 (Ryan Gosling ain't got nothing on my new driving jacket)

 I may have returned my buggy a little more dirty than when they gave it to me

 The other buggy stayed clean in their white shirts...

but who had more fun?!

Zámek Zbiroh (ZBIROH CASTLE)

We spent the night in a for reals old castle.

 part modern chateau

decorated to look as it did when kings used it for hunting.

 Birthplace of Josef Václav Sládek and a favorite place of Fraňa Šrámek, Alfons Mucha and Adolf Branadl. Kings Charles IV (known for building the Charles Bridge in Prague mentioned in a previous post), King Rudolph, and the Pope are rumored to have stayed here.

On the castle side is some powerful rock,

a castle chapel (which dates to the late 14th century),

a well 164 m deep,

and a spooky prison.

I slept in the room where Charles IV liked to stay.

His room was the only one with a toilet.

Thankfully, there was a modern bathroom added later.

Here is a view of the toilet from the outside...

Look out below!