Journey to Vienna

When I last left off it was the last night in Prague, Czech Republic.  The next morning we woke up around 8 a.m. to travel to Vienna, Austria. I really enjoyed Prague and promised myself that someday I would return.

After driving for an hour or two we stopped for lunch at the small village of Kutna Hora. We stopped there to check out an almost infamous church.

The church was famous for its graveyard.  There's more information at wikitravel. But basically the graveyard was in high demand during the 1400's and there wasn't enough room to bury everyone.  So the members of the church started digging up people to make room for the err... new arrivals.  They would stack the bones outside the church.  Every generation or two the process would be repeated.  Maybe it was just a matter of time but eventually they started bringing the bones into the church.  The place is decorated with amazing bone works of art.  The chandelier is very striking.  Its worth stopping if you're in the area and you can take a train from Prague.

After lunch we resumed our journey towards Vienna.  It was pretty uneventful.  After the Czech-Austria border we stopped at a really whacky shopping area.  It was this huge castle with dragons and knights and really cheesy tourist-y stuff. They were selling all sorts of clothing and shoes and trinkets.  It seemed more like an outlet mall than a tourist trap.

We arrived in Vienna a little before dinner and checked into the hotel.  It wasn't bad. We were on a busy street and right outside our window was a giant billboard with Madonna on it. She was everyone in Germany too. We were right next to the restaurant we went to for dinner.  The group of us all went to dinner together. I don't remember the food too much but the desert was awesome.  It was a sacher tort.  A chocolate cake with a layer of jam in the middle and chocolate over the top.  Its a desert that Vienna is famous for.

Everyone was talking about going to an area of Vienna our tour guide Jacqui called The Bermuda Triangle. Its a triangle of streets with bars and restaurants.  At the last minute I decided to join them while Chris rested back at the hotel.  She'd gotten a nasty spider bite in Prague and wasn't feeling well.

I had a really great time.  The night got surprisingly crazy. (i.e. I can't talk about it too much!)  There was an austrian batchlorette party collecting money for the bride.  They were walking through the streets taking donations and selling little treats.  It was a very strange tradition.  We made it home on the subway without incident and I slept like the dead.