Bohemian Behavior

            It's crazy to me at how quickly these past two and a half months have flown by. Our program has officially ended and we're all off on our own traveling until it's time to go back home! 

            I have had so much fun this past week and it makes me so sad that it's actually over. The group we had definitely made this trip more fun then I expected it to be and I am so happy for that! During our last week we visited multiple towns of the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, the first town being Litomysl! Luckily UNK was so nice to us and we got to stay in a cute little hotel in the quarters of the castle that provided us with breakfast. We didn't do too much in the town of Litomysl other than see a church and celebrate Jessica's birthday (which was a lot of fun). I'm glad we visited Litomysl though; it was a small but beautiful town that I would not have thought to visit if it weren't for UNK. 

The town of Litomysl

            On our second day of the trip we took a bus to a town called Kutna Hora, which was about an hour and a half away from Litomysl. Once again it was a cute, small town with a lot of history. When we arrived we visited a chapel inside of a cemetery that was decorated with all human bones... It was a weird way to decorate, but at the same time very interesting that all of the bones were actually living humans at one point in time. Afterwards we headed into town and visited a beautiful church and spent the day wandering the town, getting liters of wine that only cost around $2, getting pizza to go and having a girls night (plus Dan) playing catch phrase and sitting around talking and hanging out. The next morning we were up early to see the Silver mines of Kutna Hora, it was a lot different compared to the salt mines that we went to in Krakow. These mines were very small, a lot of the time spent inside the mine was spent crouching that way we didn't hit our heads, it was still a very cool experience learning the history of the town of Kutna Hora and how it used to be a busy town when the mines were functioning. 

Bone church

St. Barbara's Church 

Silver mines

          After the silver mines we were back on the bus and headed to Cesky Krumlov to spend the last few days of our trip. But of course we couldn't go to the city without first stopping at the Budweiser Brewery. We had a guided tour of the brewery all about how the beer is brewed, bottled, and shipped out, pretty interesting stuff if you like beer. Once we got into town we had the day to ourselves to explore the fairytale town of Cesky Krumlov, so we spent it looking in shops, getting dinner at a medieval restaurant and getting drinks! The next morning we had a tour of the Cesky Krumlov Castle and the old theater that many plays were preformed at, they showed us how the plays were put on and how everything was done by man, such as sound effects, special effects, and scene changes. 

View from the Castle

         Later on that day we had a rafting trip planned for our group, rain or shine we were going and we got both types of weather that day. It was one of the most fun days that I had with our whole group, although the rapids weren't strong at all it was a fun time to kick back and relax and try not to hit the sides of the river that we did multiple times. I had been looking forward to some type of outdoor activity this whole trip other than walking through cities and seeing castles and churches, so I believe it was a great end to our trip. Despite the rain our group definitely made it a blast! After rafting we had to rush back to our hostel to get ready for dinner that night which UNK was paying for, so you bet a majority of us ordered appetizers, meals, and desserts. After dinner our group went out for drinks but called it an early night from our full day of festivities.