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October 22nd, 2009
There is a joke that the majority of blogs on the internet start with “Sorry it has been so long since I last wrote…”. Well, I guess it is my turn now. I have been falling behind in keeping the blog up to date with everything that I have been doing over that last few months. I am going to try to catch up and keep all of the posts in (roughly) chronological order. So here it goes, my trip to Prague in September:
About a month ago, Eric Wilfong and I went to Prague for 5 days. Eric came over to visit us in Zürich for about 2 weeks and wanted to travel around Europe a bit as well. Since I had no job tying me down, I decided to join him for a week in Prague. I had been to Prague for the first time earlier this year with Emily, and I had really enjoyed it so I was excited to go back again. This time we stayed in a different are of town at the Hotel Galileo. The hotel itself was great, but I personally preferred the location of the hotel where I stayed last time (near Florenc metro) better than this location. But that was no big deal. It was a good reason to explore more of the city and see new areas.
When we weren’t indulging in the cheap and delicious food and drinks, Eric and I were usually taking pictures. Eric has been getting into photography recently and is currently in the midst of his own project 365, where you take one photo every day for a year. I was excited to get some practice with my new DSLR and get some tips from Eric too. He did inspire me to get a new camera bag, the Lowepro SlingShot 100, which I highly recommend. You can see all my pictures from Prague on Flickr.
We also took a daytrip to the town of Kutná Hora. Kutná Hora is much smaller than Prague and not as packed with tourists (although some would say that it is a still a bit “touristy”). It has a surprising history and is now an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Eric and I walked around town and went into the impressive Cathedral of St. Barbara. Then we hiked all the way to the Sedlec Ossuary, aka the Bone Church, which is a outside of town and a longer walk than we had anticipated. But it was worth the walk to see this odd and very unique sight. The Ossuary is a very small room with human bones from people who died from the plague. Some of the bones are piled up into towers about 7 feet high, while the rest are arranged artistically including a chandelier containing every bone in the human body. It was very interesting, albeit a bit creepy.
