The principal reason for visiting Kutna Hora was to see the Bone Ossuary in Sedlec but six of the party just couldn't be arsed getting their heads into gear so it was left to Norm, myself and an under the weather Chappie to venture onto the great unknown.
Another worthwhile day out because we found a beer we hadn't sampled before.
The train only took about 50 minutes although we had to change trains at Kolin. Kutna Hora is a UNESCO listed town featuring medieval streets, a museum of mining, the bone church at Sedlec, a gothic cathedral and most importantly of all, a brewery.
We couldnt; actually find the brewery although we visited the brewery tap "Dacicky". This was named after a local hero Mikulas Dacicky z Heslova who apparently loved masturbating (I've no idea why he was a local hero). This was an excellent little boozer with an extensive food menu. Norm had the Goulash and voted it the best of the trip. Yet again I settled for the meat platter. Mmmm.
Anyway back to the beer. We had the Dacicke svetle a 4.1% deep golden brew that was superb and also had the Dacicke tmave which was a deep amber malty brew. Fabulous. After the beer and food, we took a taxi to the wierd Ossuary church. Well worth a visit but we were a bit concenred about the scores of Hells Angels who seemed to be their worshipping the bones rather than realising they were visiting a church. The same could be said for the proprietors who asked all to respect the dead yet allowed thousands of visitors a year to take photographs of them.
All in all a great day trip from Prague. Go for it.
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