Blogs from Czech Republic, Europe - page 269

hi, this weekend went to a town called Kutna Hora, in a region called Ledec. It's about an hour outside of Prague by train. Why'd we go there you ask? As you can probably see from the pics, theres an ossuary inside of a church there. apparently several centuries ago the town was almost entirely wiped out by a plague. so a nearly blind monk decided that it'd be fun to assemble the bones of the 40,000 plague victims into a nice cozy chapel. he died before finishing it, so an artist took over it's construction. it's by far the most amazing, crazy, extraordinary thing i've seen. i'll let the pictures speak for themselves. on sunday we walked around prague a bit, saw the communist museum, interesting but nothing to write home about. all for now, ... read more

Hi All So.. me and overnight trains do not get along. I was waiting for my train to Prague, in the bar, and as I was giving up my table to a couple the woman says to me, but you know that no trains are running? I said no.. well I guess there was a power outage and no trains were coming in or out.. so I waited for a bit.. then I went to the ticket sales and spoke to the poor woman there who was being yelled at and treated really rudely. She said I was so patient and she ended up booking me a new ticket and also a hotel room right beside the train station and charged the train company for it.. it was awesome. So I finally arrive in Prague and ... read more

Hello my beloved followers. Well, this is my last night in Prague and it has been interesting. It definetly is a beautiful place, but I think I am just overwhelmed by the tourists. THe only language I have heard in 3 days in English. From the unintelligible English of the rowdy Irish in the Irish pub, to the little old British couples sipping their tea to the scores of Americans and Aussies. I dont' think there are any Czech people in Prague. Everyone I know said "oh the people are beautiful, you'll be amazed." Well that is a vicious rumor. This is land of the mullets. I really think its not their fault, I really think this country is stuck in the 80's (which is A-OK by me!!!). I think what happened is that they had ... read more

I just have time for a quick entry, but I wanted to send a quick update that I survived yet another night train with no problems...phew. Now i am in beautiful Prague. So for your entertainment, here are some stories about food. As many of you know, I am not exactly the most open-minded eater. I used to say nothing east of Italy...but now I have realized that really I should reconsider. ..to make the area smaller. In Germany, I actually tried not a weiner schnitzal, but a schweiner schnitzal...consisting of swine of course. I felt quite proud. Then aside from my occasional stops at Burger King and the beloved kebab stops in Poland, I have branched out other times...whether I chose to or not. The first time happened in Germany. I was dying of thirst ... read more

hi everyone, well last weekend i finally got to see some of Prague. On Saturday I walked all over the place for several hours, happy to have some much-needed freedom. As you will see in the photos there are some pretty beautiful areas of this place. On Sunday my roommate Mike and I started out by checking out a Hussite Church during their morning service, a pretty amazing experience, old-school organ music, that sort of thing. No photos from there, didn't think it'd be appreciated by the church-folk. Then a generic bus tour all around the major attractions of Prague, which was cool because it gave us an overview of the city and all of it's major landmarks/historical spots. Later that night we saw a classical guitar performance by two Czech guitarists, pretty darn amazing if ... read more