bones, silly_

ok, so how creepy is this photo. yesterday, i went to kutna hora, a town about 1 hr. away from prague. there you can find an old chapel dubbed "the bone church". the story behind this uber strange church is that like in the 1200s, a priest from there went to jerusalem on a pilgrimage of sorts. there, he collected a handful of sand to bring back and bless his church with it. because of this action, the church became very well known in the region. people from all over wanted to be buried there. they had to continually expand the cemetary surrounding the church to accomodate the need for graves, especially around the time of the plague. then much later, the cemetary was sized down and thousands of old graves were dug up. no one knew what to do with the bones, until some person decided to "decorate" the crypt area of the church with these bones. and just like that, you have a tourist attraction that is sure to please and/or horrify. also, it was really cold down in the crypt area, colder than outside......i claim it's because of the bones.