Today marked day 1 with the car. Not to half-ass anything, we started with a 5.5 hour drive from Prague to Krakow. Bless my dad for driving with three Polish women in the 'backseat.'
Before leaving CZ, we visited two main attractions in Kutna Hora:
St. Barbara Cathedral and Kostnice Sedlec (Bone Church). While it takes a while to get used to human bones as art, it was a sight to see. The art is a symbol that all are equal in front of the throne of God; your skull isn't any better than the one next to yours.
During the drive, we heard American music sung in Czech (awesome), and we listened to more modern-day music than any of us ever do at home before switching to the trusted stand-by: CD's - pretty sure that happened when the first Bieber song started to play.
During singing breaks, we learned more of the history of the Brzozowski and Gromala families, our mom's grandparents. We also heard of the trip she took to the motherland with most of her family in 1978.
Included in today's pictures are funky trees that I found fascinating. They don't depict the beautiful rolling hills, but they are quite fun. After a long day's drive, we finished with a light dinner and, for my dad and me, a local beer (Okocim).
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