In our mission to aviod tourists we went up to Vysehrad. An old fortress on the river at the very south of town. It was beautiful and had amazing views of the city, but was still pretty crowded, I guess everyone had our idea. We wandered around the old church and cemetary, enjoyed a nap, and just generally took it all in. We walked back to the hostel along Pragues version of the sea wall. We tried to visit the brewery Dmytro told me about called Novomestsky Pivorvar, New Town Brewery, but it was unfortunately closed. So we had dinner at the hostel where we met some people, all who were coincidentally staying in our room. We stayed up till the wee hours chatting before getting some rest.
In the morning we took a bus to Kutna Hora. An old silver mining town, with a uniquely famous chapel. We arrived in the pouring rain and began our search for a hostel. We got a map and list from the tourist office and decided on the hostel closest to the bus station... it was also the cheapest. However we had some difficulty finding its entrance. We ended up on a muddy trail for some time when we came out on its patio, with no way of getting in and no way around, so we continued through the mud. We finally found the entrance to what looked like the shadiest place ever... this place was made of the stuff movies like Hostel are based on. Not only that but men we staring at us out of the windows of a nearby building and there was some sort of factory right next door. So we wussed out and opted for the cheapest hotel in town. It was nice and now I could cough the night away to my hearts content. After settling in we went to the chapel, also known as, the Bone Church. The bones of about 40 000 people are laid to rest here and in the surrounding cemetary, and many are used to decorate the chapel with everything from garlands to chandaliers and even a coat of arms. In each corner there were enormous pyramids of bones, all free standing. After the chapel we checked out the old town and St. Barbaras cathedral. It was as impressive and very similiar looking to St. Vitus with less than one tenth the people. On the way back to the hotel we found a cheap little pub for dinner, but could not read the Czech menu, and no one spoke english, so we ordered randomly, the cheapest most delicious dinner of our trip.
After a restful evening we ventured from Kutna Hora to Adrspach on the train. It was a confusing process, but thanks to a nice rail worker we figured it out. We arrived again with no place to stay, and again no one spoke english. After inquiring at some hotels, we had eventually walked the 3km to the campsite. This is where we acquired a space for three nights based on very broken German and hand gestures. The only problem was after paying we had no cash. So on another adventure we eventually found a little town centre, complete with bank machine, internet and restaurant. We finalised our plans with Cordula and Thomas and had dinner all at a great deal.
Today we went back into Adrspach and wandered around the touristy rock town. It was very impressive, but unfortunately it had been raining and we could not climb. Hopefully we will have better luck tomorrow. And maybe I will start feeling better.
P.S. I cannot find the apostrophe on this keyboard if you have not noticed.
Good night.
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