Backpacking (Central/Eastern) Europe

Travel time: August 2008  |  by Christina E.

Czech Republic: Kutna Hora

Arriving into Kutna Hora, we walked with a group of Asian tourists that apparently knew how to get there, to the Kostnice-- or Ossuary-- also known as the "Bone Chilling Chapel".

The church, with its array of 40,000 skulls and bones arranged without anything holding them in place was surreal and amazing to behold.

Cool benches

Cool benches

The group of asian tourists that led the way to the ossuary...

The group of asian tourists that led the way to the ossuary...

We are here!

We are here!

I can finally cross this off the 'Top 10 places to visit' list!

I can finally cross this off the 'Top 10 places to visit' list!

Ooooh creepy...

Ooooh creepy...

Being inside the ossuary wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I kept repeating to myself that all the bones and skeletons we saw were in fact real, even if they did seem fake-looking, and at times, resembling props from a theme park.

But, I knew better.

I just wondered at how crazy someone had to be to conjure up the idea of making "artwork" out of human remains!

The guy responsible for it all

The guy responsible for it all

Some very cool artwork indeed!

Adam surveys the skeletal pieces

Adam surveys the skeletal pieces

The famous chandelier incorporates every bones in the human body!

The famous chandelier incorporates every bones in the human body!

Coat of arms of the Schwarzenburg family

Coat of arms of the Schwarzenburg family

At the chapel, this is where the little bad boys and girls get punished

At the chapel, this is where the little bad boys and girls get punished

It's a christmas house!

It's a christmas house!

Adam washes his hands like a good little boy

Adam washes his hands like a good little boy

I never thought I'd miss American food so much....

Ugh, I'm SO hungry!

Ugh, I'm SO hungry!

5 minutes later...

FINISHED!

FINISHED!

After the Ossuary, finishing a scrumptious meal of steak, eggs, ham, bacon, and potato pancakes, we were ready for the Prague crawl!

*Largest pub crawl by far
*Featuring me (and bum) on the UK Bravo channel
*3 pubs
*"I never"
*Irish guy's hairy 'arse'
*Guides ditching us in the middle of nowhere-- this is getting to be old!
*Doner guy laughing at us
*The Hen Party
*Free drinks!

The 3 things that were prohibited from this bar: guns, strollers, and dogs. Which one of these does not look like the others?

The 3 things that were prohibited from this bar: guns, strollers, and dogs. Which one of these does not look like the others?

We instantly bonded with Stacey and Chris.

Partying w/ the Irish & the Canadians-- our much more refined and advanced cousins!

Partying w/ the Irish & the Canadians-- our much more refined and advanced cousins!

Adam is practically radiating!

Adam is practically radiating!

Me: "You know you're not gonna get any chicks with that fanny pack strapped on your chest, right?"
Him: "It's my turn to carry the wallets ok?!"
Me: "Yea, well you might want to wear it a different way."
Him: "Like around my waist?"
Me:".... um, yea... sure, I guess that would be better..." (laughs)

Me: "You know you're not gonna get any chicks with that fanny pack strapped on your chest, right?"
Him: "It's my turn to carry the wallets ok?!"
Me: "Yea, well you might want to wear it a different way."
Him: "Like around my waist?"
Me:".... um, yea... sure, I guess that would be better..." (laughs)

Dancing on the speakers....

Dancing on the speakers....

Christina & Chris... aww!

Christina & Chris... aww!

While on our pub crawl, a hen party joined us!

The mother hen

The mother hen

Party w/ the HENS!

Party w/ the HENS!

This guy definitely wins the award for "Most Inebriated" on this pub tour!

This guy definitely wins the award for "Most Inebriated" on this pub tour!

So as I was heading out the door, this guy (bald guy below) calls me over to the table with his friends. Anyways, he starts telling me how pretty I am, etc, etc and I'm laughing and joking around with him, and then I whisper to him, "Hey, you know who I have a crush on?"

"Who?" he asks.

I tell him I have a crush on the camera guy.

He goes, "Oh really? Yea, isn't he hot? He's actually my boyfriend!"

I looked at him, first of all, trying to detect any signs of 1) his facial gestures to indicate he was joking and 2) any sings of gayness emanating from him.

"No, you're lying!" I said.

But, he pulls out his phone and shows me text messages from Marc. We both laughed about it and he brought me over to his boyfriend, Marc. Marc proceeds to capture several seconds of me on his camera, while I turned around and did a dance. Oh god, I hope they don't show that footage on UK Bravo.

Marc (all the cute ones are gay) and his handsome bf

Marc (all the cute ones are gay) and his handsome bf

So, they took us to the last club in these tiny little vans...

then left us there to die! (or find our way back home)

with the other best friend, Fernando

with the other best friend, Fernando

Such a fun girl! We were definitely having lotsa fun that night.

Such a fun girl! We were definitely having lotsa fun that night.

This was one of the best clubs in Europe definitely

This was one of the best clubs in Europe definitely

Get down, get down...

Get down, get down...

"On a scale of 1-10, Adam is at a level of ______"

"On a scale of 1-10, Adam is at a level of ______"

© Christina E., 2009
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The trip
 
Description:
"Good Pants, Bad Pants"; Czech Republic pick pocketers; Kutna Hora...THE BONES; Chocolate Factory; German sausages and Hofbrauhaus/Biergartens; Austria bike riding; Pub crawls; tons of new friends and an amazing journey....and, one too many potato dumplings and pork knuckle
Details:
Start of journey: Aug 13, 2008
Duration: 3 weeks
End of journey: Aug 31, 2008
Travelled countries: Czech Republic
Germany
Austria
Hungary
The Author
 
Christina E. is an active author on break-fresh-ground. since 17 years.
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