Czech Republic
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Read more: Day #7: Kutná Hora and Silver MinesToday we traveled to Kutná Hora and visited some of the most unique places we have seen so far. One of the highlights was St.…
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Read more: Bones and All: Day 6Today was less about historical events and more about looking closely at how historical things were built, and why. At St. Barbara’s Cathedral, the flying…
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Read more: Engineering Through the CenturiesThe main part of today was visiting Kutná Hora, a small town outside of Prague. This was home to my favorite stop of the trip…
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Read more: Blog #7 Silver Mining (Kutná Hora)We started the day off with an hour and 30 minute bus ride to Kutná Hora and visited the Ossuary which is a church of…
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Read more: Day #7: Kunta Hora & Silver MinesThis morning, we got on another bus and drove about 1.5 hours out to Kunta Hora. We started our time there at the Sedlec Ossuary,…
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Read more: Day 06: Adventures in Kunta HoraOur first stops on our way to Kunta Hora were to three churches, one of which was the Sedlec Ossuary, the “bone church”. This was…
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Read more: In the MinesToday we took a visit to Kutna Hora. We started off at the Sedlec Ossuary, which has prominent artwork made of thousands of real human…
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Read more: The history of the Nazis at TerenzinToday we visited Terezin, an hour away from Prague. This was one of the towns the Nazis used as a concentration camp and a “model”…
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Read more: After what seemed impossible to achieve, finally at the airport!These last 24 hours made it seem like I was never going to get on the airplane. Yesterday, I had planned to go to the…
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Read more: Day 06: Lessons from HistoryOur day started early as we took a bus to make our trip to Terezín. Terezín is a historic town that was first built in…
