Around the World with Marsha & Joel

I spoke too soon at the end of the last post. We weren’t heading for the boat. We had one more Czech Republic day where we had booked an all day tour east of Prague in the ancient city of Kutná Hora (not the dance).

Kutná Hora is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 because of its outstanding architecture and its influence on subsequent architectural developments in other Central European city centers.

When we got off the coach we walked through the commercial part of town where we came across the “Brick” store that turned out to be a Lego store with some amazing constructions. It was a strange stop, foretelling our visit (just a few steps away) to the Sedlec Ossuary. The ossuary is a Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel!

My fellow travelers, an executive decision has been made. We love you all and want to provide the best possible travel experience, so just pretend you pressed pause on your video.

I’m going to halt the panic of trying to do a fresh, interesting post within a day leaving a city. The fact is we are now in Linz and haven’t gotten the blog out from three days ago!

There is just too much going on, and taking care of my little brother has become nearly a full time job. That and some real technical issues will have us really start our trip…after it’s over.

So be patient while we are enjoying ourselves…and we’ll see you next week. Enjoy.