Things worked out wonderfully for Brandy and I in Prague. Upon our midnight arrival we were picked up by an interesting cab driver who the hostel ordered for us. The whole way he was driving about 100 km/hr in a 60. Winding through buildings and excited to introduce us to Prague. Our first hostel Arpacay was okay. A decent location, but smelly roommates. The next morning we were delighted to hear that Scott, my friend from Nashville who recently moved to Prague, was willing to host us for a few nights. We spent the next three days walking around the busy city, admiring the beautiful castles, cathedrals, and cobblestones alleys. One day in particular we traveled an hour outside of Prague to Kutna Hora. To anyone visiting Prague I definitely recommend visiting this quaint town... it's full of history. Specifically, there's a church in Kutna Hora called Kostnice. The abbot of Sedlec, the district where Kutna Hora is, once visited Israel, "the Holy Land," and returned with a handful of sand to scatter over the church's cemetery. Wealthy people from all over desired to be buried there. During the 13th century plague there were too many bodies and not enough graves. When the bodies piled up a creative (I say sick and twisted) monk made some flower vases out of a some skulls and bones. Well I guess the church thought it was a brilliant way to make use of the bodies, so the entire interior of the church is COVERED with creative arrangements of skulls and bones. The visit to the church was definitely the highlight of our visit to the Czech Republic.
And then came Hungary... not too much to say. Old, kind of dirty, full of hippie kids for the Sziget Music Festival. We saw a beautiful church. And we had a crazy old french lady as a roommate who wore the same outfit for about 60 hours. Don't think she bathed at all... just in smoke. Very nice lady though. Hungary had nice people in general. We weren't sad to leave. Because we were headed to the BEACH: CROATIA.
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