Mon 20.Jun.2011
Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Getting There
The long train ride from Hamburg is at least scenic.
Even the homely Prague main station can have a certain grandeur from
a train window.
Being Here
I had a rather rocky arrival in Kutna Hora, missing a connection into
town from the outlying station, having a very hard time finding lodging despite
the best efforts of the nice girl at the tourist office, and losing my watch
and guidebook. (I found them two days later; I'd left them at the tourist office.)
Nontheless, the town is nice enough. There is coffee available with wi-fi; I am
there now even as I type.
Goodness knows there are nice panoramas from the hilltop over the creek.
Down by the creek is a large park area. It is a treat to re-discover how lush
and green the Bohemian countryside is.
More of that park.
Whoa... what is that up there on the hill top!?.
My tourist map calls it St. Barbara's Cathedral. Let's give it a
closer look.
OK, after we finish being distracted by this wisteria-like waterfall of
leaves ...
... and the creek at the bottom of the bluff.
St. Barb must have had some serious admirers!
These flying buttresses look like they flew Jefferson Airplane.
I got some pictures today of the inside of St. Barb's. They should show
up in a post in the near future.
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