Ceski Krumlov: The Rest

Next morning we rose and began inquiring about the best walking route from the campground to the city center. Estimates varied from 2 to 4 kilometers, 2 being the more accurate, at least on the haphazard navigational method we usually follow (every few hundred feet, ask some stranger for directions; generally works, except in Rome, where few people know where they are or what the touristic destinations in their neighborhoods might be). Ceski Krumlov is a World Heritage Site chiefly for its architecture, castle, and St. Vitus church. It is very pleasant and easy on the eyes, and we enjoyed our day there, especially seeing the Czechs at play.  

Typical street scene in lower town

Beautiful old hotel/restaurant every window of which was decorated in metal
work like this; oh yes, American friends, that's the real Budweiser; ours is but
a pale fake, not even American-owned anymore...

Another of said windows

Typical buildings

Main square and plague monument

The town's most-photographed sight is the castle's painted tower, seen here from
the square

"Hey, careful man, there's a beverage here" interlude:
20 crowns to the dollar; that's right, sports fans, a big
mug of draught Pilsener Urquell for 60 cents; and wifi
too

Tower from the castle grounds

Two bears live in a compound just below the tower, possibly
the former moat

Bear vittles still life

Practically the whole castle is a study in exterior trompe l'oeil, some of it good

Me, at the castle, over-looking the town and St. Vitus'

Interesting hair style Vicki is considering

St. Vitus

The old town is the World Heritage Site; contemporary Ceski Krumlov, in the
distance, with its rows of eastern bloc apartment buildings, is not so appealing