Brno

 

A day for sight seeing and getting to know the city. 

Firstly the Brno Dragon, a creature that terrorised the city and was eventually poisoned and stuffed.  Some claim this isn't a dragon, nor that it was caught and stuffed.

Then a trip to the Capuchin Crypt to see the mummies  bodies of monks preserved by a quirk of nature rather than design.  Again these serve as a moment mori,  'what you are we were, what we are you will become'.  A sign on the way out urges you to 'not delay good and important things'.

A walk up to the cathedral but not up the tower. 

Then a trip to Kostnice u sv. Jakuba to see one of the largest ossuary in Europe - second only to the catacombs in Paris.  This was rediscovered in 2001.  The bones were cleaned and rearranged, only one section left as they were.  Again, an ode to death and its inevitability.  Interesting to think this collection was recently curated.

In the evening I took myself out and finally found an alternative to fried cheese - a very good veggie burger.