We hit the Prague subways one last time to transfer back to the main train station. We wanted to take a moment to point out that Prague has beautiful subway tunnels. We think this might have been a clever way to cover up graffiti-laden concrete, but we’re not sure. All we know is this Rainbow Bright (metallic style) approach works for us. This is just one of several we saw and they have various color schemes in each. 
Now it’s off to Kunta Hora. This small town is about a one-hour train ride away from Prague. We wanted to see it for two reasons: (1) 90% of tourists never make it past Prague in the CR and (2) an ossuary just seemed way too cool to pass up.The Ossuary (Das Beinhas in Sedlec) was just super amazing. We took hundreds of pictures, but I only put a few up here so you could get an idea. This design was adapted in the late 1800’s, although the building and related cemetery have been around since the 14th century.
This is a chandelier of bones - every single bone from the human body to be exact.
In case you can't quite make this one out, that's a "bird" pecking out his eye. Nice.
After the bones, we grab a quick lunch by the skin of our teeth spending our last 164 kc, about $9. Chad said he felt poor as we had to sheepishly count out our last coins. I said it reminded me of my childhood when counting coins was something our family had to do every week. We’re both thankful times have changed and we get to explore wonderful places like Kunta Hora!
We now head back on the train to Dresden. Dresden is conveniently located half way between Prague and Berlin. What should have been about a two-hour trip, turned into about seven given a train malfunction. We were buzzing along just fine when all of the sudden the train started running over something on the tracks. (This isn’t a good sound to hear when you’re on the train.) Since we have our handy Eurail pass and get to sit in 1st Class (no, this hasn’t gone to my head), we are normally near the front of the train. Thus, we were part of the first few cars which heard this.
Long story short, our train rain over electrical lines that are associated with the rail system. When this happened, our train lost electricity and had to sit on the tracks waiting to come and be rescued by another engine (back up batteries kept on the lights and heat). As some of you may have noticed on my Facebook posts, times like these do not make me a happy camper. Nor do completely stupid passengers. As my friend Barry put it, had we been stranded longer, I know who would have been eaten first. To add a little flavor to the unplanned stop, we had several dogs (including one Saint Bernard) on the train and a cat. We also had someone with heart issues. (I thought the conductor was going to loose it.)
Having gotten to Dresden much later than expected, we were quite pleased to take one of their high-end trams to our hotel. Then, we were so happy to discover our room was a beautiful Mexican oasis at Guest House Mezcalero. Okay, so I know I have said multiple times now that a particular location was our “favorite” room, but this one really was. Check out these pictures. The theme was carried out beautifully throughout the entire building and in all the rooms. They were kind enough to put us in one of their bridal suites that included private entry and bath. They had even built custom luggage storage bins (with colored tiles) under the beds. Off to sleep now. More tomorrow.
In case you can't quite make this one out, that's a "bird" pecking out his eye. Nice.
After the bones, we grab a quick lunch by the skin of our teeth spending our last 164 kc, about $9. Chad said he felt poor as we had to sheepishly count out our last coins. I said it reminded me of my childhood when counting coins was something our family had to do every week. We’re both thankful times have changed and we get to explore wonderful places like Kunta Hora!We now head back on the train to Dresden. Dresden is conveniently located half way between Prague and Berlin. What should have been about a two-hour trip, turned into about seven given a train malfunction. We were buzzing along just fine when all of the sudden the train started running over something on the tracks. (This isn’t a good sound to hear when you’re on the train.) Since we have our handy Eurail pass and get to sit in 1st Class (no, this hasn’t gone to my head), we are normally near the front of the train. Thus, we were part of the first few cars which heard this.
Long story short, our train rain over electrical lines that are associated with the rail system. When this happened, our train lost electricity and had to sit on the tracks waiting to come and be rescued by another engine (back up batteries kept on the lights and heat). As some of you may have noticed on my Facebook posts, times like these do not make me a happy camper. Nor do completely stupid passengers. As my friend Barry put it, had we been stranded longer, I know who would have been eaten first. To add a little flavor to the unplanned stop, we had several dogs (including one Saint Bernard) on the train and a cat. We also had someone with heart issues. (I thought the conductor was going to loose it.)
Having gotten to Dresden much later than expected, we were quite pleased to take one of their high-end trams to our hotel. Then, we were so happy to discover our room was a beautiful Mexican oasis at Guest House Mezcalero. Okay, so I know I have said multiple times now that a particular location was our “favorite” room, but this one really was. Check out these pictures. The theme was carried out beautifully throughout the entire building and in all the rooms. They were kind enough to put us in one of their bridal suites that included private entry and bath. They had even built custom luggage storage bins (with colored tiles) under the beds. Off to sleep now. More tomorrow.
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