Day 7 & 8 - Cesky Krumlov -> Plzen -> Tabor

Day 7 and 8 were both travel days.  After a mellow night in Cesky Krumlov, we woke up and started our long day of sight seeing.  Ryan got him and Duncan some breakfast, I again ate a granola bar and we started our day.  In all the guide books I read, when discussing the Cesky Krumlov,  it said to just wander around and enjoy the town.  I decided to hire a local guide to take us on a private tour.  She had a kid and said she would tailor the tour for us.  We met her in front of our apartment and she took us around the quaint small little town.  Pointing put places for lunch, snacks and shopping. Trdenlik are these spiral fried dough snacks that are served out of small store fronts.  They are covered in cinnamon and sugar.  You can get plain or filled. I got Duncan one filled with bananas and whipped cream.  I'm letting him splurge and have eased up on my no sugar rule this trip.  I want him to indulge and really experience as much as he can and boy did he love this treat.

We made our way to the castle and stopped at a cool playground for Duncan along the way.  We didn't bother going on the castle tour, but did walk the grounds and let Duncan run through the gardens.  The gardens were so large that it takes 10 full time gardeners to maintain them.  It was a great place to let Duncan burn off some of that toddler energy.  We tried to have lunch, but there weren't any great options so we got in the car and headed to our next city which was Pilsen or Plzen if you are Czech.  The place that I had picked out for dinner was unexpectedly closed, but luckily there was a place just around the corner that had some options for everyone.  We ate dinner and then found some grass next to a pond.  Duncan enjoyed throwing rocks and dirt in the pond and we stayed there until the sun went down.
Day 8 started with a breakfast buffet in the hotel.  There were lots of choices for me to eat so I was happy.  We then made our way to Dino Park.  You have to pay to get in.  It's basically a large playground with big animatronic dinosaurs scattered about.  Admission was only $5 per adult and Duncan was free.  He was a bit scared of the dinosaurs at first because they roared,  but he soon warmed up to them.  There was a small zipline that he enjoyed, a sand pit for digging dinosaur bones and a few play structures.  They also had this water feature where you could pump water and have it spray a dinosaur.  He enjoyed that the best.  Lunch was at the Pilsner Urquell brewery.  Ryan enjoyed a dark ale and Duncan enjoyed the play area for kids.  We then walked the grounds, hit up the gift shop and then it was time to go.  We had a two hour drive ahead of us to Tabor. 
Tabor is this tiny, but full of life town.  Our hotel was perfect and in an amazing location over looking the towns main historic square.  We were treated with glasses of prosecco and a bag of popcorn.   That's my kind of welcome.  Again my research paid off and there was an indian food restaurant just across the square.  The waiter took a liking to Duncan and entertained him with a paper airplane and a paper boat that he made.  They also played with his roller at the table.  The food was so good.  I had a mushroom amd tofu dish and vegetable biryani.  Ryan had chicken korman and Duncan ate some of everything, but the vegetables in the biryani was his favorite.  We took a stroll after dinner and found a bunch of cute shops but it was late and all were closed.  We decided instead of waking and leaving in the morning that we would carve out time to do some shopping. 
Hands down Cesky Krumlov and Tabor were our absolute favorite cities on this trip we are already talking about coming back and staying longer next time. 
Tomorrow the vacation portion of the trip is over and we head to Zlin.

Thanks for Reading,
HEATHER