Konopište Castle, Czech Repub

Took it fairly easy the lst couple of days in Prague. Have met some great people at the youth hostel we are staying in and spent some time with them :) Is actually a brilliant youth hostel and if anyone finds themselves in Prague then Sir Tobys is a great place to stay!

Took a train out to Benešov one day and walked to Konopište Castle. It is a beautiful castle but more importantly has one of the best armouries in Europe! We had a tour through it and other parts of the castle but unfortunately weren’t allowed to take any photos inside so you’ll just have to take our word that it was cool ;) The castle also had the requisite bear in the moat. I must say all the stories and movies i’ve seen or read had water in the moat but round here they definitely prefer to have bears – guess that would make sneaking into the castle a rather more exciting venture :P Anyway the pic here is of one of the statues in the gardens