Hotel Medinek Old Town
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Had a really bad breakfast at the hotel, then got a tram up to the castle for a tour.
Because it was a Sunday the entry was free but most of it was closed. It was OK but didn't take long to see. We also saw a Davinci painting "Girl with Ermine", which was quite special, but Shareen was underwhelmed.
From the castle we walked to …
I'm Bone to be Wild!
So on our way from Prague to Vienna we stopped off firstly at the bones church of Kutna Hora.
This is by far the creepiest church I have ever been to. It is decorated with the bones of some 40,000 people. It supposedly all started around the time of the black plague, and there were so many bodies to bury over the years that they were starting to run out of space.. and everyone wanted their loved ones to buried in the same place.
So ...
Kutna Hora
... eat and then set out for St. Barbara's Cathedral which was absolutely beautiful. There were statues all along the road leading to the cathedral, and the cathedral itself was amazing. It almost looks like a castle with three huge peaks on the roof. Inside is just as beautiful with stained glass all around the outside. The only unfortunate thing is that we were rushing to make our train (which only departs every two hours) so we were really rushing. And the ...
A QUIET LITTLE PLACE
... It is quite cool here for sure. Maybe the duvet will be my friend tonight. Worry wart Arjan suggested I should wear some flip flops in the shower [would have passed even if I had brought them].
Perhaps twice a year do I take a rest/nap in an afternoon. This was one of those days from about 1700 for an hour or so. It did some good, the only other choice being going over to the restaurant where we had lunch for a drink. Arjan chuckled when I went under the duvet but I felt ...
A bone to pick...
... beef goulash and fried cheese. We managed to scarf all this down in about fifteen minutes since we were on a schedule, then grabbed our bus to the Santa Barbara Cathedral. The Cathedral, while gothic, looked much more pristine than most we had seen. The outside was clean and not under scaffolding!
After touring the interior of the church Andrew bought some wine from a stand outside we ...
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