On our last day, we booked a daytrip to Kutna Hora, a small silver mining town, one hour east of Prague. On our way, we noticed much flooding in the small villages and heard that the army had been called up, in case the river overflowed. In Kutna Hora, we stopped first at the famous Sedlec Ossuary or "Bone Church," which contains the bones of over 50,0000 people. Some, of course, are artfully arranged, like the chandelier made up of every bone of the human body and the Schwarzenberg coat of arms that has a skeletal raven pecking at a skull's eye. Typical honeymoon fare.
After the Bone Church, we visited the more conventional Gothic St. Barbara Cathedral, with its flying buttresses and renovated frescoes that showed the daily life of the mining town. Later, we visited the Italian court, which was once the central mint of Prague and the royal residence. There we saw authentic silver coins that dated back to the 13th century. After the tours, we were warned that we might have to stay in Kutna Hora overnight, due to the flooding which would only get worse (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/world/europe/10iht-flood10.html?emc=eta1&_r=0). Luckily, our driver found another route back to Prague, where we had a filling dinner at U Zizniveho jelena, a restaurant near our hotel. I had the venison kebobs with cream potatoes and Aleks had rump steak; we both had the beer cheese appetizer. Back at our hotel, we noticed that the staff had tied towels into swans forming a heart, which was a nice surprise and sweet ending to our honeymoon.
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