Trip log #4: Europe - Olomouc, Czech

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On Sunday, I decided to go to my first mass here in Olomouc. There are total of 6 churches in Olomouc, so I went to a different church every week during my stay. One thing great about being a Catholic is that the mass parts are exactly the same all over the world--although I don't speak Czech, I felt right at home.

I went to a mass at Farni Kostel Sv. Morice (St. Maurice Church). The church's bell tower missing--which I learned that it was destroyed during a war. This church has the largest pipe organ in the Central Europe.

Wow that was a huge picture dump.. o_o;

After mass, I walked around the town and took pictures of the places indicated on the tour map I obtained from Olomouc Information Center.

Arcibiskupsky palac (Archibishop's Palace)

Terezianska Zbrojnice (Thresian Armory) - Now a Palacky University building

Kasna Tritonu (Triton Fountain) - Look at those scary fishes.

Vlastivedne Muzeum - Klara (National History Museum - Clare)

No photography was allowed inside. It was quite fun though, especially when a curator follows you around everywhere and explains things to you in mixed Czech and English haha.

Muzeum Moderniho Umeni (Museum of Contemporary Art)

No photography inside here either. Quite interesting to see all the art pieces though. I also got to walk up the stairs of the museum's observation tower to get a picture of Olomouc, but the tower wasn't tall enough to produce a pretty picture :/.

Kostel Panny Marie Snezne (Church of Virgin Mary of Snows)

This church still had a Baroque style decoration. Amazing interiors.

Very pretty. Compared to the modest interiors of Gothic churches, this church was a feast to my eyes.

The round ceilings filled with fresco is supposed to depict the sky and the heavens.

The pipe organ was situated at the back of the church.

...and this was the altar of the church.

Log #4 will stop here for a moment. I don't want my logs to be too long to read haha. Log #5 will be the continuation of my Sunday trip around Olomouc.

Bonus picture:

Pasta with salami and tomato sauce and Zlaty Bazant (Golden Pheasant), a premium Slovak beer :)