Okay well as I said yesterday we had planned to catch the train to the small town of Kutna Hora about an hour away from Prague. It's the home of the famous bone church and everything like that.
It started off really well, we met a girl from New York (Sherrie) who wanted to come, so it was nice to have some different company.
We hopped on the crowded bus to get from the hostel to the train station and Ash got sandwiched between two older guys, they got off at the next stop though so there was a bit more room. Then it was our stop and as soon as we got off Ash realised her backpack had been zipped open-her wallet missing! Can you believe people would sink that low? So about 80 Euro, her credit card, debit card, ID...stuff like that. After Ash rang her mum to cancel crads and stuff we decided to go straight to the police to make a report so that insurance could be claimed for the money. Police stations in Prague are so hard to come by! And nobody actually knows where they are, we asked so many people. We went to the police vehicle depot and the immigration police before we found the ordinary police station...crazy. The police even told Ash off for not concealing her valuables...in her backpack...can it get any more concealed than that?! Yeah so that was an interesting detour to our trip!
Anyway, we didn't end our day trip there, we did still go to Kutna Hora. The bone chapel thing was really freaky. Like it wasn't even all that big, considering the remaines of 40,000 people were on display. It was all pretty creative really...in each of the 4 corners was a big stack of bones, like a massive massive stack, in the centre was a huge chandelier of bones and a coat of arms on one of that walls. They even went to the lengths of making crucifixes and urns out of bones as well. It was a really creepy feeling to be in there too...like it was 32 degrees outside but chilly inside. Wait to see that pictures, it really is unbelievable til you see it!
It started off really well, we met a girl from New York (Sherrie) who wanted to come, so it was nice to have some different company.
We hopped on the crowded bus to get from the hostel to the train station and Ash got sandwiched between two older guys, they got off at the next stop though so there was a bit more room. Then it was our stop and as soon as we got off Ash realised her backpack had been zipped open-her wallet missing! Can you believe people would sink that low? So about 80 Euro, her credit card, debit card, ID...stuff like that. After Ash rang her mum to cancel crads and stuff we decided to go straight to the police to make a report so that insurance could be claimed for the money. Police stations in Prague are so hard to come by! And nobody actually knows where they are, we asked so many people. We went to the police vehicle depot and the immigration police before we found the ordinary police station...crazy. The police even told Ash off for not concealing her valuables...in her backpack...can it get any more concealed than that?! Yeah so that was an interesting detour to our trip!
Anyway, we didn't end our day trip there, we did still go to Kutna Hora. The bone chapel thing was really freaky. Like it wasn't even all that big, considering the remaines of 40,000 people were on display. It was all pretty creative really...in each of the 4 corners was a big stack of bones, like a massive massive stack, in the centre was a huge chandelier of bones and a coat of arms on one of that walls. They even went to the lengths of making crucifixes and urns out of bones as well. It was a really creepy feeling to be in there too...like it was 32 degrees outside but chilly inside. Wait to see that pictures, it really is unbelievable til you see it!
Above: The crazy chandeliern of skulls, and femurs, and tibulas, and fibulas...
From there we hiked into the main town centre, chilled out and i got pancakes with chocolate icecream for lunch...yummo. Went up to another massive cathedral on a big hill which was also really cool. It reminded me of Beauty and the Beast, it was so ornate and pretty. The ceilings were so high and the stained glass windows were really detailed. Yeah it was a really good day other than the theft!
Above: here is us with the beautful view of the town behind us. It was so pwetty. See our tans starting to develop?
Well less than a month of crazy winter for you guys in Ballarat..so cheer up! Miss you all a lot!
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