This past Sunday Panrimo took us on a trip to the Karlstejn Castle and Pilsner Urquell Brewery. Karlstejn is a castle in the Czech Republic about 45 minutes from Prague. It is on top of a mountain in a little tiny town and very beautiful! We finally had a warmer day so it was a lot more enjoyable. We took a tour of the castle, but no pictures were allowed.
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| A map of some of the castles in the Czech Republic... already 2 crossed off this list! |
After the castle we took a 45 minute car ride to the Pilsner Urquell Brewery located in the town Pilsen. Pilsner is by far the most famous Czech beer and is found on every single street corner and bar. It is a very hoppy beer so its not my favorite, but drink what the Czechs drink right? We got to learn the whole process of how they brewed the beer which is actually pretty cool. The beer is made up of three things: grain, hops, and water. We got to try all of the natural ingredients and watch the whole process. Pilsner is unlike other beers in the fact that it gets 3X the hops whereas most beers only get hops added in one time. The heating/cooling/fermenting process takes around 3 months. At the end we got a free beer to enjoy!
Fun fact: The Pilsner factory has the largest elevator in the Czech Republic and it holds 72 people at one time!
Side note: I'm starting to realize how small the world is. Everywhere I go I seem to run into people I know or know someone I know and its already happened multiple times! When our Panrimo group got to our tour, I knew a group of friends from my ECES program and later realized that we were on the same trip to Poland with students from the CIEE program who were also on our tour. So pretty much I knew the whole tour group on a random Sunday afternoon. Its cool to see all of these connections. At the moment I am on the bus back from Budapest and its quite comfortable and has wifi while we are in the Czech Republic. Next blog post- Budapest!!
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