Prague

We took a small jumper flight from Rome to Prague, and after just a couple short hours, we arrived in Bohemia. It was beautiful. We arrived a little later on in the afternoon, and by the time we found our hotel, there was only enough time to eat, see one cathedral and explore the city a bit.

Prague is a beautiful city. All the buildings are different colors and all the streets are cobblestone. There are so many cathedrals it seems impossible to count. We only were able to spend two days here, but they were both packed with sight seeing. On day one, we saw basically the entire city. We walked a lot, but it was nothing new. Some of the sites included: National Museum, Prague Opera House, Wenceslas Square, Klementinum Tower, Astronomical Tower, Charles Bridge, Nicholas Church, Prague Castle, and finished off at the Petrin Tower, which is a replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. While at the Astronomical Tower, we were able to walk up to a view point allowing us to see the entire city. It was very cool to be up above all the buildings. There is definitely good reason that it is the 6^th most visited city in Europe.

Wenceslas Square

Klemintinum Tower

Nicholas Church

Astronomical Clock

View from Astronomical tower

Prague Castle

Charles Bridge

Petrin Tower

View from the hike to Petrin Tower

Day two was not quite so eventful. We didn’t realize that we would be able to see so many sights on the first day! We went to a little town called Kutna Hora which is about an hour and a half outside of Prague. I rode my very first train to this city, which has always been one of my dreams. The main reason we went to this city was because there is a little church there called Kostnice that is completely decorated with real human bones. After the Hussite War, and the plague, which obviously killed many people, this little church was expanding its cemetery. In doing so, they found many bones and the priest who was presiding at the time thought it would be respectful to those who died to use their bones as decoration for the church. He built 4 huge pyramids out of long bones, such as the femurs, humorous, tibias, ulnas and radius, (thank you human anatomy) with some skulls mixed in and topped them with a golden crown. None of the bones in these pyramids are stuck together. They are all just stacked in a way that they won’t fall down. The “chandelier” actually has every single type bone found in the human body. There was a very eerie feel to the church, which I am sure you can understand…due to all the bones. It was really interesting, and definitely not something you see every day.

Me, before my 1st train ride

The bone pyramids. Couldn't get the whole thing cause they were too big.

My nose looks like roudolph, it was a bit chilly that day.

This chandelier contains every single type of bone found in the human body

He even made a coat of arms. Notice the bird in the right corner. It is eating the skull. Weird.

We spent the rest of the day walking around the little city, which is also beautiful. The streets are just lined with beautiful colorful buildings, and small shops. It was a very relaxing and informative day, and one that we will not soon be forgetting. And this concludes our journey in Prague. Our next stop? Nurnberg, Germany and then on to Austria.