Halloween in Kutna Hora

Today we visited the spooky town of Kutna Hora. It was the perfect place to visit after Halloween because we began our day by visiting a church which was decorated by bones of people who died from the Plague in the Czech Republic. The church was filled with over 40,000 bones and was just dripping with creepiness. (I have included a picture taken Ted Szukalski 2007). It is also almost All Saints day here so the graveyard surrounding the church was filled with flowers placed on graves of peoples ancestors. We continued on in our journey by visiting an old mine that was used to find silver for the town of Kutna Hora. We learned on our journey through the mine that the men in the mine often died before the age of 35 and had to work by candlelight in the mines. We spent a good chunk of the day ducking through the very narrow passage ways of the mine which were damp, dark, and just a little bit spooky. At one point our guide had us turn out our flashlights so that we could experience what a miner would feel if they lost their candle. This only added to the scary effect of the mines. When we finally got back into daylight we ended our day by visiting an absolutely beautiful cathedral called St. Barbara's cathedral. It had tons of gothic spires and amazing stained glass windows. When we finally felt as if we had done this spooky little town right we boarded a train that took us back to the hustle and bustle of Prague!!!