It was the perfect time to explore the castle. By perfect I mean before most of the tour groups arrived. The castle itself is interesting but the views from the parapets are spectacular.
We walked all the way through the castle to the enormous gardens. There is a sprawling formal French garden, a somewhat less formal English garden and a Lilly pad-encrusted carp pond/lake.
We purchased our tickets for the Baroque Theatre tour at 2:00 and decided to give the laundromat one more try in the meantime. Success! It was open. 2 hours and 500 czk's later we had 2 bags of clean and almost dry laundry.
On the way to the theatre tour we stopped in to try a trdelnilk (which I'm guessing means turtle neck in Czech). These are sleeves of sweet dough cooked on a roller grill and dipped in your choice of flavours, not bad.
We lined up for our Baroque Theatre tour. This theatre is one of only two remaining in the world, the other being in Sweden. It was originally built in 1652 and has undergone renovations and rebuilds since but remains the most original baroque theatre in the world. 
Through a whole lot of machinery in the basement they were able to do scene changes in seconds which in those days must have appeared to be magic.
After this most interesting tour and this being our last day here, we set out to explore more back streets. We stopped in at the Eggenberg Brewery for some refreshment. Stopping to buy a unique fridge magnet the girl running the shop asked us where we were from. We always say Vancouver to make it easier. She asked "Where in Vancouver?" Langley, we replied. "I lived and worked in Langley." Small world, eh?
We settled in to a riverside terrace restaurant for a light dinner, the Holy Trinity - soup, bread and beer.
Some of my favourite beers were in the little terraces along the river. (Dana)
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