Blogs from Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 7

About a half hour drive out of Prague is Lidice. Lidice is a village that was entirely destroyed by Nazi soldiers in 1942 in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by members of the Czech Resistance. In the summer of 1942 two Czech soldiers who had been trained in Britain parachuted into Bohemia which was at the time occupied by the Nazis. These two men attacked and killed Reinhard Heydrich as he was being driven to his office in Prague. They escaped capture for several weeks before finally being discovered hiding in the catacombs beneath a church in Prague. Beneath the church they fought Nazi soldiers for hours before eventually committing suicide when it was apparent they would not escape. In the meantime Hitler decided he would try and send a message to the Czech ... read more

The other day i made a day trip from Prague to a small town called Kutna Hora. I thought it deserved a little blog of its own. Kutna Hora is about an hour and a half bus ride from Prague, although it seems a lot longer when it's nearing mid 30's and the closest thing to an air con is a tiny vent in the floor. There wasn't a whole lot to see and do in Kutna Hora, except escape the tourists, and visit the local Ossuary. Back in the 13th or 14th century there was an important Bohemian prince who went to the Holy Land, and on his return he brought back some dirt, which was sprinkled over his grave. From then on this cemetery was the hippest place to be buried in all of ... read more

Today was our day trip to Kutna Hora to see Kostnice, the bone church in Sedlec (next to Kutna Hora). Since we had purchased our train tickets yesterday and familiarized ourselves with the train station a bit, the morning was a lot less stressful than it probably would have been had we not been prepared. Almost everything in the train station is only written in Czech, but there is an international information station that is very useful to help you find your way to the right place. It is also a good idea to print the train schedule ahead of time so you know which destination to look for on the board (it only shows the last stop for each train). A handy website with train schedules is IDOS. We located our train and headed ... read more

出門不利 雖然係自己衰先，無得埋怨。 但係...500Kc!!!!!!!!! 好想死呀嗰一刻！！！！！！！！！！！！！！__ Kutna Hora...The most famous and the reason I went is for the Sedlec Kostnice..a small chapel with decorations made by 40000 peoples' bones...Amazing....it does look cooool I must say!! haaaa Had to pay extra 50Kc to take pix.....i didnt get the special tic, went it..and still could take pix..haaa! so bad... Saw many Taiwanese tourist on the way...haaa.... The worst thing about this place is that freakin train station was 3km away from the centre! Walked almost 45 mins to get there......tho..it isn't that bad actually.. The town itself wasn't that interesting....The main Cathedral was closed for consturction and a bike race...so basically..didn't see much. Nice relaxing town tho. I didn't imagine that 0 buses run on Saturdays...so...didn't get a return ticket for the train...DAMNIT...could've saved more m... read more

Ahh, spontaneous action. The awakening of the zombies. I was in Beroun for 2 weeks to participate in the Meet the Freak camp which has the ambitions of practicing inclusion, and collectively getting our act together to do performances. It was a special time for me in which 60 people were truly united in the space of the long Plesnik campground full of chatas(huts). At this place there were no pretenses of anonymity as you passed familiar faces to the campfire or back to the zachod. If you felt a touch lonely, you just walked 10 feet from your hut and joined the nearest soul or group to “chew the fat”. In other words, it was what a neighborhood could and should be. The most memorable moments for me were doing the actions at the ... read more