I don't even know where to start to explain Olomouc. This was the most amazing little college town I have ever been to and we had so much fun between drawing for hours in the main square, going out every night with new friends, and biking 31 miles in one day I was busy but enjoyed myself so much. This is the St. Wenceslas Church which was absolutely beautiful. The first version of this church was built all the way back in 1017 out of wood and now you can see that it is an amazing architectural monument that towers over the city.
This is the inside of the Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow which was absolutely beautiful.
This is the statue in the middle of the main square. All the Patron Saints surround the statue, each one pointing towards the church that is dedicated to them around the town. Near the top of the statue is a gold plated canon ball that got lodged into the monument during the 30 year old war by the Prussians. It obviously did nothing to take the tower down so they celebrated it by coating it in gold and leaving it where it hit.
A beautiful park complete with botanical gardens surrounded one side of the college campus. A path to walk or run followed the little river that went through the city following the city wall.
Here is another shot of the park that I got to run through. So many people were walking their dogs and just taking little walks through the park during the afternoon. Luckily, our weather was amazing while we were there, I'm actually still pretty sun-burned from our bike ride.
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