Prague 2nd time round

Back to Prague for some cheap beer and cheap food. We stayed in a different area, Zizkov (district III)  that is known for its casinos, cheap bars and prostitutes. 

We enjoyed the bars. 

Having seen the sights in the old town of Prague before it was easy for me to navigate. Although, visiting second hand stores around Ziskov was a bit of a trek, up and down the hilly area.

Old Town Square. No snow

Little babies crawling up the TV tower

We didn’t have time to visit the nearby town of Kutna Hora first time round so we made the hour train ride to explore its sights.

A fine looking little town that draws a lot of tourists for its attractions but still holds its central Bohemian charm.

We visited The Sedlec Ossuary also known as the Bone chapel. This place is something else. The chapel houses over 40,000 human skeletons arranged into mounds, a chandelier, a coat of arms and other decorative arrangements around the walls. It’s pretty scary stuff to see all these bones slowly disintegrating. There are plans for restorations later in the year. We enjoyed lunch in a sunny beer garden just off the main square with delicious Czech lunch specials and beer. After lunch we visited the St Barbara’s church that is grand in stature and free on Sundays so we looked inside at its greatness. We walked around the town a bit more and treated ourselves to an ice-cream before making our way back to the train station and home to Prague.

Bones

one of the four mounds of human bones

a coat of arms made out of bones

a chandelier with every bone in the body

lunch in the sun

St Barbara's Church

inside St Barbara's

waiting for the train

We walked around Prague’s Old Town to see the sights again in a different season. It was a change from our visit in February when we had 20 cm of snow the first day. All the summer stalls and outdoor settings set up plus the extra 8000 tourists made our experience quite different. The old town square was still beautiful with delicious smelling food stalls erected around the outside and some summer markets set up in the surrounding streets. I’ve got a photographic memory of where we ate a great Czech dinner the first time round so we went back there for some more delicious food one lunchtime.

old town square

back in Krcma

We also went back to the John Lennon wall to see if our names were still on the wall. Our hopes weren’t high after seeing all the new graffiti sprayed over the top and we couldn’t find our spot again.

Leah looking for our names

Now for the night train, destination Cologne.

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