Semtěš & Bone Church

Today we had a little "graduation" ceremony to celebrate the completion of our ethics class. We saw bunnies that live at the university building next to the seminary, which were very cute.

I then traveled to a small town about 1.5 hours outside of Prague where my ancestors lived called Semtěš. After exploring the cemetery there looking for some specific headstones, I went to a neighboring town which is home to a bone church.

The bone church has appeared in Atlas Obscura as a unique place to visit as the interior decorations are made entirely out of human bones. Out of respect, photos weren't permitted inside. During the Middle Ages, specifically around the Black Death, cemeteries were filling up. As a way to combat this problem, the bone church was constructed. By using the bones as decoration, the town managed to overcome the full cemetery while also building a memorial to honor those who've died.

Before heading back to Prague, I stopped at a little bistro and grabbed a hotdog. Hotdogs are pretty common street food in Czechia and ordering a klasik gets you ketchup, brown mustard, and crispy fried onion pieces.Read more