Friday, November 20, 2009

Strakonice - the town of bagpipes

Hotel Švanda Dudák (Švanda the [Legendary] Bagpiper)


The Castle Compound

The front of the castle

The castle courtyard where some of the bagpipe festival concerts are held

The Tower (which had to be climbed)







See the separate posting on the Bagpipe Exhibit on display at the Museum in the Castle

On the town square



Bagpiper image - bottom center (above)

Penzion a restaurace "NA ZBOROVĚ", the "rough and ready pub" where I stayed and, as dinner, had two locally brewed beers, "Strakonický Dudák", named after the Czech word for bagpiper, and "Strakonický Nectar." My room was on the third floor with one of the gabled windows.




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