Prague and Kutna Hora.

So to begin this post in a more positive way than the last one ended our bags arrived around 3 the next day and we got all of our clothes washed at the nearby laundromat. Had a really good sleep cause our hostel really is awesome. Super dooper clean and comfy beds and loads of space in the rooms and clean showers and bathrooms, its more like a hotel. We wanted to celebrate getting our clothes and shit all washed and having our bags back so we headed into the city centre to find a place to drink. I had the address of 2 metal bars but we couldnt find one of them and the other one was really far out so we decided to head directly into the centre and have a look. Basically there is no set area in Prague for bars etc it is mostly cafes and restaurants. So we came across the people that run the pub crawl who basically said all the bars and stuff are scattered throughout the city and there really arent many. So we went with him to where the pub crawl starts and took one look at the type of people in the line and decided to bail, so we left. We wandered around and saw a few of the sights like the Clocktower and the Powder Gate etc which looked really pretty at night time and found absolutely no bars. We went back to our hostel pretty defeated.

Another good nights sleep and then it was time for our Kutna Hora field trip :) I have been looking forward to this throughout our entire trip cause seeing the Sedlec Ossuary is like a dream come true. So we joined a tour group for this one so we didnt have to mess around with transport getting there etc. So we got a little info about Kutna Hora and its ties to Prague and were on our way. We started with St Barbaras Church which was one of the best examples of Gothic Architecture I have seen, it is still a very modest church but when you look closely the detail is amazing and it has been so well preserved. It actually has the biggest organ in Central Europe which was quite impressive. We saw the Plague Column and a few other little buildings around the area and got some really interesting information on some of the local history and its people.

Last but not least was of course the Sedlec Ossuary and it really was amazing. It is so small inside but so intricate and awesome. I really couldnt believe I was laying my eyes on the main centre peice, the chandelier made out of every bone in the human body. An interesting fact was that there are just over 20 thousand people living in Kutna Hora but there are 40 thousand sets of human bones in the Ossuary, so more than there are alive ha ha. The coat of arms of the family which purchased the land and contracted the organisation of the bones in the ossuary was also very cool. So after spending a good 20 minutes or so inside we headed back to Prague, thanks to Eva who was a lovely and informative tour guide.

So we are pretty pooped after a long day of walking and train travel so just going to lay low tonight cause we also have a big day of sight seeing tomorrow if we want to get it all done so we can take a day trip down to Brno.