Tereza & I walked aimlessly through her city's streets. She pointed out sites of interest: Mozart once stayed here, Austrian Empress Maria Thereza there; past a nearly-900-year-old Romanesque bishop's palace & a church built on the site where the local saint, St. Jan Sarkener was tortured & killed in 1620. "Eventually, we ended up in front of the gothic St. Moritz church.  And a few minutes after that, we were at the top of the church's gothic bell tower..." It was one of the highest lookout points in the city, having paid the $ .50 entrance fee & scaled the tower's steep circular stone staircase. [ Next: Page 7 ]

The city's 2 spires - those of the town hall & the medieval cathedral of St. Wenceslas -
dominated the skyline from near opposite ends of the Old Town.  My eyes were drawn to the gray, boxy
communist-era department store that was plopped right in front of the church we were standing on
top of.  "It used to be a nice square," said Tereza with a tone of regret in her voice.

Written By: David Farley of New York City, NY  |  Location: Olomouc, Czech Republic  |  Photographs By: GEOhype, Alaska
Photographed while on assignment for StudentTraveler Magazine  |  Web Site: www.PHOTOhype.com