In the Czech Republic, when you throw a stone, you hit a castle. We went to Kašperk Castle, founded in 1356 by Charles IV to protect the Czech borders.  Our Guest Writer, the indefatigable, Tim Weed, gave us a great historical fiction exercise and lecture. Then: we hit the castle. Our tour guide, Philip, sheepish with his sick English skills, worried out loud that every room of the castle was going to be “boring” to us. But we don’t have castles in the United States and he was wrong. You under-estimate our capacity for wonder, Philip. That castle had a toilet that was perched up fifty feet in the air.