Bone Church on Tap.

DAY XVIII: PRAGUE

05.02.2011 - 05.02.2011 0 °C

Today was quite interesting, as we decided to spend our last moments in Prague venturing off to a ghost town (literally, pics below) to see a church made from human bones. A little morbid, definitely creeping, but pretty amazing all the same. We received the recommendation from lovely Daphne, our palace tour guide. So after finally figuring out which train to take and what station to leave from (way more difficult than we imagined since no one at the train stations speak English), we were on our way to Kutna Hora.

This little town was about an our outside of Prague and it's major tourist destination is the so-called 'Bone Church,' which should tell you a good deal about the town. The church, actually called the Ossuary at Kostnice , was comprised of a cemetery and little bone church, where evidently there are the remains of about 40,000 bodies (most used for the church decor not buried in the cemetery). The place was pretty sweet, if we can say that about human remains on exhibit. Skulls and bones everywhere...kinda kitchy, which made it feel less morbid than we thought. There was a large chandelier in the center that boasts every bone in the human body and it's surrounding decor all made from bones as well. There were four pyramids of bones in each corner of the church and the place was almost entirely adorned with what seemed to be laurel strands of bones...quite the sight to see. Even stranger was that the 'designer' was a wood carver, who actually disinfected and whitewashed every bone in the place (guess that's a valid day job in a ghost town).

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So after not much of a dinner, since this town is dead (really, didn't you read the last paragraph), we headed back to Prague to end our trip with a personal beer tap. Sounds crazy, but this place knows how to satisfy a man (and two cute American girls). Day after day we walked by this restaurant where every table had a beer tap with 4 spouts, so it was now or never. And this place was pretty incredible! The food was yummy, fried everything to go with your beer (Pilsner, of course, it's their national beverage). Well, we loved it and concluded that this is something that should certainly be brought to the States. A place like this would make a fortune in any big city, just need to add a few plasma tv screens, and you may never see your man again. It was a perfect end to our lovely time in Prague! Off to bed for our trek to Vienna tomorrow.