Hotel Garni Na Havlicku Kutna Hora

I got a little excited when we were planning this trip – driving for about 1.5hours from Prague and we are on the German border! From Adelaide I can get to Goolwa, or Mannum, in that time – not really the same… I think I was the only one excited though - it's all normal for everyone else.

We went to see Pravčická Brána, in the north of the country, which is a ...

... called again and said the fruit would be delivered between now and 11 P.M. if that was alright. The fruit was delivered at 10:20 P.M. Since we had asked to get it back because we wanted some fruit, I looked in the basket to see if I could eat something then. Someone in housekeeping must have gotten in trouble for taking our fruit but they got even. They brought us a ...

Again another place that had been recommended to me by people I had met on the way - and I think when that happens (especially by so many) you start to get images in your head of what to expect...

There is a stunning cathedral & jesuit colledge in Kutna Hora - the former, like most that I have ventured past/into - it's under construction... a rather cynical local told me - that ...

... a restaurant for the second time since I arrived in Europe. The portion was huge and I couldn't eat it all. I got the rest to go; it was put on a plastic plate and wrapped in tin foil. I put it in my pack, though I knew it was a bad idea. Yup, bad idea. The sauce went everywhere. I still ate it though, it cost money (what was left in the wrapping, not out of the ...

... were very friendly and keen to help when it was needed. It was also amusing to find out that the local supermarket was called "Albert". We didn't hang around long as Kutna Hora isn't the biggest of places, and although we walked our feet to blisters we couldn't find all that much more of interest to report. We ended up walking to the top of the town where we found a take-away called McK's. The food was fast and expensive and tasted ...

... wacky so I thought I would take an hour train ride outside of the city. I was headed to Kutna Hora. They have a few attractions there but the main one was the Church of the bones. When I arrived I quickly realized that a lot of people had followed me there from Prauge. Obviously a busy little tourist attraction. I grabbed the camera and headed into the church. The church was full of 40,000 people's bones. The story goes that the cemetary was ...

Here we are again doing the daytrip thing. Since Mayu has already been to Prague before, she hasn't been quite as ecstatic about a visit there as she is about our upcoming time in Spain and Italy. I thought then that it'd be a good idea to get out of town for a day and see something different. What better then than Kutná Hora - an old UNESCO-listed town within one hour of the capital? The town is hardly a secret these days, frankly. Blame mankind ...

... happened next I can only attribute to some mixture of hangover, residual drunkenness, complacency and tiredness. Approaching a roundabout from a steep hill, not a car in sight, I leaned into the bend and took the corner without slowing down. But the bike didn't seem to turn the way it should, and I found myself drifting wide, and suddenly the clear, calm, concrete and dreadful realisation dawned on me: I'm going to hit the kerb. Sure enough, a split-second later ...

... Also four gigantic pyramids. They are supposed to represent the endless multitudes facing God on the day of judgement. The bones are from mass graves created during the plague and the countless wars in the area. I got a kinda sick feeling after about 20 minutes. Back in Prague and in a free wifi cafe with my roommate, Shauna. Found it in the english language daily Prague Post.

Sustojam Kutna Hora priemiestyje Sedlice, kur ir stovi toji kaulinė baznyčia. Įėjimas mokamas, fotografavimas atskirai kainuoja, filmavimas dar labiau. Nusiperkam fotografavimo teises, o su fotoaparatu pafilmuot, nors ir nekokybiskai, bet vis tiek nieks neuzdraus. Gaunam netgi lietuviską tos baznyčios aprasymą su visokiom istorijom. Nusileidziam į pusrūsį, kur ir yra visas įdomumas ...