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We slept in a little this morning (until like 7 or so). Once we finally woke up, we decided to spend some time walking around Wroclaw some more before we had to leave. We walked back over to the main square to see if any of the market stalls were open from the festival last night to get some breakfast. Unfortunately, none were and we had to settle for a McDonald's (although french fries and an Egg McMuffin never tasted so good). After filling up on McD's, we walked around the old town square some more, and even found a few more dwarfs (see pics below). Around 10AM we decided it was finally time to leave, so we grabbed our bags, checked out, and hopped in the car.
Out ultimate destination was Czocha Castle which is where we would be staying the night, but along the way, we decided we should stop for lunch. Our lunch stop ended up being in the town Jelenia Gora. Immediately the name sounded familiar to us. A few years ago on our trip the Czech Republic, while in Karlovy Vary, we ran into a statute called the Jeleni Skok Rock - which was a statute of a deer. Today, assisted with the town signs everywhere (with a emblem of a deer), we made the connection that this town was also named after a deer (Likely Deer Gorge or something like that).
Kucie Smaku was the name of the restaurant that we found for lunch. Coincidentally, Jessica and I both ordered a take on the local goulash cuisine. I ordered the goulash over fried potato dumplings, while Jessica was craving the goulash over potato pancakes. Both were great. To work off our meal, we walked around the town some more before making our way back to the car.
We just had a quick 40 minute drive to Czocha Castle which was our final destination of the day. When planning this trip, I found out that you could book a room in this castle to stay in. So, it seemed an obvious choice that when you have a chance to stay the night in a castle, you must do so. If you look on a map, Czocha castle is very close to both the German and Czech borders, which explains much of its history. It used to be located right on the border of Czechoslovakia and Poland, but eventually the border moved further south, which allowed this castle to become more of a residential palace than a fortress. However, once WWII came along, it was inevitably seized by the Nazi's. They installed a variety of radio equipment into the castle and used it as a location to intercept enemy messages.
After checking into our very large room up the staircase on the second floor, we relaxed for an hour or so before deciding to embark on the castle tour. The tour was given by a guide in Polish, but thankfully we were given a pamphlet in English. After an hour of fancy halls, bedroom chambers, secret passageways, and towers, we had seen it all and were ready to get back to out room for some relaxation.
Once we had kicked back in the room for an hour or two, it was time for dinner. Luckily, the castle came with its own restaurant. We went light on dinner - I had a delicious wild mushroom soup, and Jessica had a Greek salad. At this point, we were quite tired, so we headed back up to our room to unwind. Before long we were ready for bed and fell to sleep quickly!
Time for us to head north! Stay tuned!
Steps: 13,589
Miles: 5.76
Stairs: 24 flights
We slept in a little this morning (until like 7 or so). Once we finally woke up, we decided to spend some time walking around Wroclaw some more before we had to leave. We walked back over to the main square to see if any of the market stalls were open from the festival last night to get some breakfast. Unfortunately, none were and we had to settle for a McDonald's (although french fries and an Egg McMuffin never tasted so good). After filling up on McD's, we walked around the old town square some more, and even found a few more dwarfs (see pics below). Around 10AM we decided it was finally time to leave, so we grabbed our bags, checked out, and hopped in the car.
Out ultimate destination was Czocha Castle which is where we would be staying the night, but along the way, we decided we should stop for lunch. Our lunch stop ended up being in the town Jelenia Gora. Immediately the name sounded familiar to us. A few years ago on our trip the Czech Republic, while in Karlovy Vary, we ran into a statute called the Jeleni Skok Rock - which was a statute of a deer. Today, assisted with the town signs everywhere (with a emblem of a deer), we made the connection that this town was also named after a deer (Likely Deer Gorge or something like that).
Kucie Smaku was the name of the restaurant that we found for lunch. Coincidentally, Jessica and I both ordered a take on the local goulash cuisine. I ordered the goulash over fried potato dumplings, while Jessica was craving the goulash over potato pancakes. Both were great. To work off our meal, we walked around the town some more before making our way back to the car.
We just had a quick 40 minute drive to Czocha Castle which was our final destination of the day. When planning this trip, I found out that you could book a room in this castle to stay in. So, it seemed an obvious choice that when you have a chance to stay the night in a castle, you must do so. If you look on a map, Czocha castle is very close to both the German and Czech borders, which explains much of its history. It used to be located right on the border of Czechoslovakia and Poland, but eventually the border moved further south, which allowed this castle to become more of a residential palace than a fortress. However, once WWII came along, it was inevitably seized by the Nazi's. They installed a variety of radio equipment into the castle and used it as a location to intercept enemy messages.
After checking into our very large room up the staircase on the second floor, we relaxed for an hour or so before deciding to embark on the castle tour. The tour was given by a guide in Polish, but thankfully we were given a pamphlet in English. After an hour of fancy halls, bedroom chambers, secret passageways, and towers, we had seen it all and were ready to get back to out room for some relaxation.
Once we had kicked back in the room for an hour or two, it was time for dinner. Luckily, the castle came with its own restaurant. We went light on dinner - I had a delicious wild mushroom soup, and Jessica had a Greek salad. At this point, we were quite tired, so we headed back up to our room to unwind. Before long we were ready for bed and fell to sleep quickly!
Time for us to head north! Stay tuned!
Steps: 13,589
Miles: 5.76
Stairs: 24 flights
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