Tuesday was the last day of an amazing study tour. It was also a very morbid day, and I don't mean that figuratively. Two of our stops that day had either something to do with death, blood, or bones. The first was a visit to the Rabbit meat production company. We were given a presentation about the company by a man in a swanky suit, who we would later found out was the Czech Republic business man of the year in 2001. The meat production company seemed very impressive and we got to see how chickens go from slaughter to grocery. I knew we were going to get a tour of this process but I had no idea how thorough and intense it would be. We were reacquired to put on a full body suit for disinfection, we were then read a list of rules about who and what can not go into the processing area. The chicken factory was pretty interesting, you saw hundreds and hundreds of dead chicken carcasses with missing heads and blood dripping from their neck line on to the floor. Sometimes you literally had to avoid certain areas to avoid stepping in blood or avoid having blood dripped on you. Overall, it was beneficial process to see and definitely something I will remember for a long time. 
Our first stop after learning about poultry production was in Kutna Hora and was a tour of a silver mine. The word "dollar" originated in this location because the currency minted from some of the silver was world famous and called the toller. (Added by Kelly Koren)
After lunch of chicken (I was shocked I was hungry after the tour) we headed to our second morbid stop of the day, a bone church. The church interior is constructed with the remains of 40,000 people. There are chandeliers of bones, art made out of bones, and general piles of bones everywhere. It may sound quite creepy but it was really neat and seemed more like an art gallery then it did a actual church. Following the bone church it was easy to see everyone was exhausted from six full days of activities, bus rides, late nights, and eating. Our final dinner on the study tour was readily welcomed because we had pasta instead of the usual pork and potatoes. After dinner we all got on the bus had a nice group reflection about our trip and cruised back to Prague.
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