Kutná Hora

Kutná Hora is about an hour outside of Prague by train. The “bone church” (Sedlec Ossuary) was the main reason for this day trip. The church is actually in the town of Sedlec, a small suburb of Kutná Hora. The inside of the church is decorated with over 40,000 human skeletons. It was a little strange, but more fascinating than eerie. The history is very interesting, and it is definitely worth a visit.

The outside of the church has a plain look to it.

The inside of the church

A square in Kutná Hora

We took a bus from there to Kutná Hora. We had done very little research regarding this day so it came as no surprise that it ended up being a little chaotic. After a 20 min bus ride we got off at the wrong stop. We had to quickly find our way without a map or any real knowledge of where we were going or what we were looking for. We knew we weren’t going to have much time in Kutná Hora due to the train schedule, but we ended up spending almost all of it hurrying around the town trying to figure out where the bus stop was located to get us back to the main train station. We did end up with about 30 spare minutes. We hadn’t eaten very much that day and needed a snack and a warm drink. We found a cute café and shared an omelet. Unfortunately we didn’t get the name or a picture of this place. The waitress was very kind and helpful and told us that taking the bus was not the best way to get back to the main train station. She gave us directions to a different train station where a small train would take us to the station to catch the train back to Prague. She mistakenly told us the departure time was 30 min before it actually left so we hurried over there, too. All of the hurrying left us little time to take pictures of Kutná Hora or any of the other great churches there. It was a charming town, and we really enjoyed the day despite the hurriedness.

The view from the small train station in Kutná Hora.

That night we ate at Merenda, a restaurant a couple of blocks from our apartment. It is a nonsmoking place. It actually does have a smoking pub downstairs, but the restaurant upstairs is smoke-free. I had pork with bread dumplings and gravy. Andy had roast beef with bread dumplings and a cream sauce with berries. Both were really good and the beer was excellent. Merenda is part of a beer alliance that is committed to serving beer from small to medium breweries across the Czech Republic. It was fun to try a few microbrews from around the country.