#FlatRose is ready to travel with Landy to the Czech Republic. Oreo is ready to go too. Oreo has a reservation at a Doggie Spa while #FlatRose and Landy fly. But I’m not going to tell him.
#FlatRose Travel Tip: Check the bed. This one checked out just fine.
#FlatRose is at the Maiselova synagogue in Praha. Or Maisel Synagogue in Prague for us who aren’t fluent. It is one of the historical monuments of the former Prague Jewish Ghetto.
#FlatRose visits a Jewish cemetery with Landy. Europe, especially Eastern Europe has centuries of history. Our eyes might find the stones crowded, but the Czech Republic is roughly the size of South Carolina.
#FlatRose and Landy visited the Soan Synagogue – the Spanish Synagogue for us English-only readers.
According to #FlatRose, the most interesting building they saw was the Bone Church. The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Roman Catholic chapel, part of the former Selec Abby in a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. After 1511, the task of exhuming skeletons and stacking their bones in the chapel was given to a half-blind monk of the order. There are reported to be between 40,000 to 70,000 skeletons in the ossuary.
No more bone church pictures, just in case you’ve got the heebie-jeebies, but can you imagine the monk stacking the bones and skulls carefully, praying for each person? No? That was my first thought – what a responsibility!
#FlatRose recommends a Four Cheese pizza and a nice dark adult beverage – for those who are adults – after a long day of walking and sightseeing in the Czech Republic.
Na Zdravi, Landy!
Fascinating picture of the bone church. I’ll be heading to the Czech Republic, but I’ll be visiting Český Krumlov. Thanks for sharing.
I’d never realized how rich the history of Czechia is. Safe travels!