We got off the tram in Sedlec after heading in the wrong direction and back again and found ourselves inside the Cistercian monastery. It had some interesting history but everything was somewhat modern and they were still refurbishing the place. It wasn’t the most impressive cathedral I had been in but it is hard to be overwhelmed on the church front after witnessing St. Peters Basilica twice. The Kostnice Ossuary was mind blowing, though. 40,000 bodies rearranged to create magnificent pyramids, chandeliers, coats of arms, and crosses. It was an eerie feeling being amongst so many skeletons. I was speechless. This was definitely one o the most fascinating things of the entire trip I would have to say.
We managed to walk back and got some lunch near our next destination. It was called the Church of St. Barbara. This was a cathedral that I was impressed with. They had a three dimensional rendition of the Last Supper where the disciples were actually sitting around a table in the same fashion they were in the painting except they were not all sitting on the same side. This was the first time I had seen The Last Supper portrayed this way.
We were going back to pick up our stuff from the hostel we had stayed at but a large storm had managed to creep up on us. We ducked inside the entrance to an underground mine exhibit and figured we would take a tour since it was raining out and this was underground and all. I mean, who doesn’t love caves? We asked when the next tour was going to be but we had unfortunately missed all of the English tours and they had only one more tour left that had just started. This tour was in Spanish. At that moment I wouldn't have had it any other way. We jumped on the Spanish silver mine tour bandwagon and tried our best to comprehend what was being said. The only people on this tour, besides us, were a couple from Spain. They were very nice people. Vanessa is much more fluent in Spanish than I am considering I am not fluent at all. You can only retain so many Spanish words from two years of high school Espanol classes with Senora Gibbons. No offense. She is an amazing teacher! The best part was that we got hard hats, lab coats, and big flashlights! I really enjoyed the tour. It must be the miner in my blood. Thanks pop!
By the time we had finished the tour, the storm had blown over and the sun was back out. We had switched hotels because we had failed to make a reservation at the previous hostel and it was booked by the time we returned. We found another that was even nicer, though. It was in the centre of town for the same price and had an even better set up than the previous place. We had a TV this time. Something neither of us had seen in a while. Legally Blonde was on in Czech which got Vanessa excited. I can’t say that I am a fan but I tried to watch for a couple minutes. It was intriguing trying to interpret the Czech into English without the subtitles.
The next day, we were on our way back to Prague so I could catch my train to Denmark to meet back up with all of the others. We hit up the internet cafe and said farewell for the last time. It was so awesome that we had made such a great new friend via Princess Cruises. Who would have thought? She was off to Croatia next. We exchanged some pointers and then were back on our own. So long kiddo!
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