Bohemia Excursion!!

So this weekend we had a little excursion to different areas just north of Prague. It was really awesome!! Here is what we did:

So after we were picked up on Saturday morning, our first stop was to this old coal mine called Maira in the town of Kladno. The mine was still completely in tact and persevered. Like all the miners boots were still all out, and all the machines were still out, just like it used to be. But the coolest part of it all was that it is also now used to house all these crazy art pieces. The art was put into places that didn't disrupt the setting. For example, in one of the lockers of the locker room, there was this art mold of a naked woman (Picture shown). It was really funny. We also got to go into the actual mine. It was really awesome and cold.

After that, we stopped at a grocery store to pick up food. We then climbed up this huge mountain named Hazenburg. At the top was one of there most beautiful views I have ever seen in my life. Also there were castle ruins we could climb up. It was amazing. That is were we had our food that we got at the grocery store, and we had a picnic.

After that we went to a pub to watch the Czech Republic slay Switzerland in Futbol. I honestly didn't really care, so I took a nap, haha.

After that, we finally got to the Hotel. I took a shower, then we ate dinner. After that, we went to some punk rock pub. We were staying in a really small town, and it was the only open pub. We all stuck out like sore thumbs. It was really funny.

The next day we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel. After we checked out, we had to climb up another mountain. This mountain was a lot steeper and didn't have as good of a view, but it was still cool. This mountain, the Rip Mountain was were the first settlers went and decided that the area was beautiful. That is how the people started to inhabit the Czech lands.

After that, we stopped at a random lake. Some people decided to jump in, but not me. I just sat down, shot some pictures, write a bit...then when the people came out of the water, they found out that there were leeches all over them, haha. Soon after we were all leech-free, it started to pour!! I got soaked trying to get back to the bus.

We then drove a bit more to the small town of Melnik for lunch. After lunch we went to Kostnice. This is a church/Bone crypt. So pretty much what this was is a cemetery that ran out of space, so people dug up all the old bodies to make more room. So they decided to use all the old bones to decorate a room and make crosses and stuff. It was really creepy, but really really cool.

We then went to another castle, but I was so tired by this point and really had to go to the bathroom, that I didn't pay too much attention.

After that, we came back to Prague. We were all sooooo exhausted, smelly, and wet from the rain, but we all had sooooo much fun!!!

I will be posting more photos on Facebook and Flickr. Check 'em out!!

Love,
Naema