We enjoyed seeing the astronomical clock tower, the Charles bridge and the Prague Palace. Sophie loved having a chimney cake which was very rich, filled with strawberries, chocolate, and ice cream luckily, she was generous enough to share.
Museum of Communism
It was fascinating to visit the Museum of Communism. It was sad to learn the terrible history of communism, and what life was like under a communist government. We learned a lot about the push to excel in sports, but also the drive to harvest all natural resources at the personal expense of the workers. The 16-hour workdays six days a week starting as young as age 6 were hard to imagine. We also learned a lot about the number of people who died trying to escape Things lightened in the 1960s with the hippies, then army come to Prague and tighten things dramatically. We learned in detail about the resistance movement, the lives lost, the attempts at escape and the wonderful leader who came to power after Communism fell in 1989. Valcav Haval, a activist and play write, he is a bit of a national hero, “champion of democracy, human rights, and the supremacy of law”.
Prague Opera –
Sedlec Ossuary – The Bone Church – About an hour outside of Prague, we decided it was worth a visit as both Alastair and I remembered it from our independent previous trips to Prague and though the kids would find it fascinating. We are no longer able to take photos in the church, so these have been downloaded. The old church was filled with pyramids of bones, a massive bone chandelier, and a shield. Alastair was giving the kids anatomy lessors during our visit. The bones came from 40,000 to 70,000 victims of “the black death”, also know as the plague.
