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Karlstein Castle

Taken from an open meadow beond the village.
Karlstein -- WOW, what a castle

April 29th 2005
Last year, before we flew to Prague to be part of a hiking Elderhostel group, we saw a picture of the Karlstein Castle. "If we do nothing else I want to go to this castle," Nancy said. It wasn't because I had seen a picture of the castle either. It was because I had been reading a book written right after World War II by a young British woman who was a frequent visitor to Prague. Sh ... read more
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Czech Flag Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more
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