Prague (Part 3)

gelato at Cream & Dream was awesome.

the pistachio flavor was da bomb.

ahhh! craving ice cream already :S

at the most over-rated tourist attraction. 

the ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK.

the clock was built in the 1410, making it the 3rd oldest astronomical clock ever built in the world and the oldest one still working.

the clock is mounted on the southern wall of the Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square. The clock mechanism itself is composed of three main components: the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; "The Walk of the Apostles", a clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures—notably a figure of Death (represented by a skeleton) striking the time; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months.

To find out more on how to read the darn complicated clock, i made it all easy for all you geeks out there, i found the link in wiki (haha, quite a geek myself apparantly):-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schema_Orloj_en.png

dear looking jubilant in the centre of Old Town Square :)

ricotta

creme brûlée

the dancing house.

a bit of a disappointment.

we had to walk a few streets down to see this "attraction".

oh well, the only consolation was that i saw my company's austrian office. 

LOL.

ok, fine...

not exactly a consolation.

hell, i just wana get as far away from office as possible!

my first ever trip on a chu chu train.

yes. you didn't hear me wrong.

i am such a shua gu.

travelled to so many places but never ever taken a chu chu train before.

yay! my virgin ride!

we are off to see the BONE CHURCH (aka Kostnice Ossuary) at Kutna Hora :D

In 1278, Henry, the abbot of Sedlec was sent to the Holy Land. On returning, he brought soil from Golgotha and sprinkled it on the ground here. As a consequence, the burial ground was considered holy and became extremely popular. In 1511 a chapel was constructed to house the bones from abolished graves. The chapel is open to the public, and contains the bones of about 40000 people, arranged by František Rint in 1870. Rint's work includes an enormous chandelier including every bone in the body, and a crucifix style arrangement near the main altar.

(to be continued....)

loading pictures onto bloodspot is a massive chore...especially with an internet connection speed equivalent to that of a tortoise;