As we were headed out of Karlovy Vary on our way home Bill spotted the sign for this castle and since it was only 5 km off our highway we had nothing to lose. Situated almost on an island where the river almost encircles it, the only way you can enter the town is by a single bridge and this is how people have been entering the village since the 1200s. In the middle ages Loket was referred to as "the key to the Kingdom of Bohemia". We toured the castle and learned about how Czech King Charles IV had spent time here as a little child, even being imprisoned in the dungeon for 2 months by his father King John of Luxemburg (now that's one serious "time out"!) Even so Loket was a favorite of his as an adult and the legend has it that while hunting for deer in the forests he and his dogs discovered the hot springs that are Karlovy Vary today. The little village and the castle are so picturesque and beautiful, we were all happy we happened upon it.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
A wonderful surprise
that we hadn't meant to visit but we saw a sign and said "hey let's go check it out!"
As we were headed out of Karlovy Vary on our way home Bill spotted the sign for this castle and since it was only 5 km off our highway we had nothing to lose. Situated almost on an island where the river almost encircles it, the only way you can enter the town is by a single bridge and this is how people have been entering the village since the 1200s. In the middle ages Loket was referred to as "the key to the Kingdom of Bohemia". We toured the castle and learned about how Czech King Charles IV had spent time here as a little child, even being imprisoned in the dungeon for 2 months by his father King John of Luxemburg (now that's one serious "time out"!) Even so Loket was a favorite of his as an adult and the legend has it that while hunting for deer in the forests he and his dogs discovered the hot springs that are Karlovy Vary today. The little village and the castle are so picturesque and beautiful, we were all happy we happened upon it.
As we were headed out of Karlovy Vary on our way home Bill spotted the sign for this castle and since it was only 5 km off our highway we had nothing to lose. Situated almost on an island where the river almost encircles it, the only way you can enter the town is by a single bridge and this is how people have been entering the village since the 1200s. In the middle ages Loket was referred to as "the key to the Kingdom of Bohemia". We toured the castle and learned about how Czech King Charles IV had spent time here as a little child, even being imprisoned in the dungeon for 2 months by his father King John of Luxemburg (now that's one serious "time out"!) Even so Loket was a favorite of his as an adult and the legend has it that while hunting for deer in the forests he and his dogs discovered the hot springs that are Karlovy Vary today. The little village and the castle are so picturesque and beautiful, we were all happy we happened upon it.
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