Ungelt Ungainly Juxtaposition

Neither has nuthin' to do with the other, nor with anything else, for that matter, except that they are within meters of each other in Ungelt, outside the Botannicus . . . .

Corner Spirit

A more modern version . . . on the corner of a building, like a bowspirit on an old sailing vessel . . . if you see what I mean . . . in Staromeste . . .

Kampa Nude

I don't know how I missed this one before . . . near the Kampa Museum, next to the river . .

So, Off to Kutna Hora with BigRed at the wheel . . . just a quick afternoon trip . . . we had a date at 5pm for beers by the river back in PRG . . . I'd looked up Kutna Hora Restaurants and come up with Pivnice Dacicky . . . the reviews seemed good, but what made my wheels squeal when we got there was the Alchymistická Menu . . . Alchemy . . . sign me up !













. . . seemed to have a lot of dishes with 24carat gold flakes or wrapped in gold foil, but what I went for, based on the names were the Ignis Innaturalis (Unnatural Fire, perhaps?) I tho't it might be On Fire, but it was like a gazpacho or a watery seafood sauce . . . don't get me wrong: it was delish, but what is up wid dat?

The other thing I had was Kureci Szezky . . . Chicken in creamy gravy . . . (kuřecí plátky, bílé víno, smetana, sekané mandle, cibule, petržel, zázvor, šafrán, pepř) . . . I guess --in the old days -- they had more faith in the power of rare herbs than I do . . . but it was scrumptious . . . their dark beer had an off-taste to me tho', not disagreeable, just not as good as Krushovice or U Flecku . . .

Mrs had simple grilled chicken

















Big Red had a trout


















after lunch we debated going to the silver mines, but it was later than we could bear, so we just headed off to the church . . . took about 5 minutes to scope it out . . . and our dinner companions at the Casa Blu said the mines were a better visit that the Bone Church, where EVERYbody goes and takes a picture . . . or . . . dozens . . . we were just wondering whether they refurbish ever. . . or do those bones not disintegrate?

Then there was this saint . . .

Slunucnice

On the road to Kutna Hora, an amazing field of sunflowers

 

Karlovy Namesti Lounger

in a chicken/egg kind of deal . . .
which came first: the Praguers who lounge in the park or this statue that perfectly emulates their style?

Saturday in Karlovy Vary

place holder till my camera comes back . . .