Blogs from Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 5

Aujourd´hui, DO et moi avons décidé d´aller rendre hommage à la Ste Barbe, en son église de Kutna Hora. L´édifice, ainsi que le centre historique de cette ville située à environ 60km à l´est de Prague ont été classés par l´UNESCO au patrimoine mondial de l´humanité. DO venant de Vochov et moi de Prague, on se retrouve donc de bon matin en dehors de la capitale, au lieu dit "le parking Ikea". Dépourvus de carte, l´itinéraire en voiture nous est encore bien mystérieux, mais avec notre légendaire sens de l´orientation, nous partons extrêmement confiants. Confiance et patience se révèleront d´ailleurs de primordiales vertues pour ce périple. D´abord, nous sommes confrontés aux embouteillages de Prague, dont le périphérique autoroutier est encore en construction. Au beau milieu d´une foule de camions, nous parvenons à accrocher la bonne voie ... read more

I would love to be so elegant a writer to be able to explain the meaning of such a place as the Ossuary of Sedlec, near Kutna Hora. Or have the ability to photograph these sculptures made of human bones, so that you could clearly see the meaning in them. The little booklet states that "This work is not an end in itself; for decades, it has reminded visitors of the limits of human life and the fact of death. This fact is intended to lead to mutual harmonic coexistence and to respect for life and to make people aware of their responsibility to God." From a modern point of view, besides being unbelievably beautiful, it is a recycling marvel! A trip to the town of Kutna Hora had been on our to do list for ... read more

Nymburk -- Not in the Guidebooks Nymburk is a village that does not appear in any guidebook that I have read. There is information on the town on the Internet. That is how I found Nymburk completely by accident. I was checking the train schedule from Prague to Jicin where there are several very nice hiking tails. Last spring we enjoyed our hiking at Mala Skala and had planned on returning to the Cesky Raj for more hiking if we had the opportunity to do so. I saw there were hourly commuter trains to Jicin and that many stopped at Nymburk. “I wonder what Nymburk looks like,” I thought. I did a search and, wow, what a neat looking village came up on the screen and I decided at that moment, “I want to visit Nymburk.” ... read more

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I finished my internship this afternoon, and tomorrow morning am off to Dresden, Germany! All in all, internship went very well. In fact, I made the newspaper today apparently! Ok, well IIII personally didn't, but the museum's weekend events did, and I was in the background of one of the photos haha. Its a hard copy, thus you will have to wait until I get home to see (my roomie let me steal his paper when he saw my excitement haha) but for being in the background I almost look like I was posing for it lol. I highly suggest that folks visit this region (region meaning Europe in general) during Eurocup time because its awesomely fun and you get involved even if you don't care who wins. Just seeing the crazy fanatics walking through the ... read more