Afternoon at Karlstejn Castle

N & I visited the Karlstejn Castle this afternoon. From Prague-Hlavni nadrazi (train station) it's a half an hour train trip to Karlstejn station (round trip for one adult and one child 87czk/$5AUD), then easy 500m to the village, then 800m up a steep hill to the castle courtyard, (from the station it took us half an hour) where you can buy tickets to get a guided tour in English(with 30 others). The guide kept N happy by making her the key master and allowing her to unlocking the big metal doors between the rooms(which seems to be common practice when touring castles or chateaus in the CR).
Karlstein Castle was built in 1348-1368 by Charles IV who was not only the Czech King but ruler of the Holy Roman Empire that stretched into todays Germany, Poland, France and northern Italy. It was built as a place to keep royal treasures and holy relics. We did Tour 1 which included the knights quarters, Audience Hall, Throne room, Charles bedroom and the Jewel House. While very interesting if you use your imagination and try to picture what might have been, most of the art works(which were very sparse, here and there pieces, mostly replica's) can be found at St Agnes Convent.
NB to Nanjan: Remember those gawdy, large figures that filled the whole canvas, 3D pictures in about the third room at St Agnes, this is where they originated.
Looking down onto the village of Karlstejn