On Saturday, I visited this cemetery I had seen from a tram one day awhile ago. Found it again, in Smichov, Prague 5, not far from Anděl and the Novy Smichov Mall complex, and just one tram stop away, actually.
The name of the cemetery is Malostranském hřbitově. Hřbitově being the Czech word for cemetery. It sits behind a small church which is called: Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice; the Church of the Holy Trinity, between Plzenská and Duškova streets as I said, in Smichov.
This place was visually amazing. It was 90% covered with one particular type of vine. Just about every square meter of the cemetery was exactly as you see in this picture. Green bumps, omnipresent everywhere, as far as you could see, covering all manner of headstones from ancient times, with the tops of headstones popping out of the vines every now and then, here and there. Last Saturday, the sun shone through the heavily wooded tree tops and made spectacular shadows.
Can you imagine what it would be like there on a cold, rainy, October night? Baf* !!
(Baf is Boo in Czech)
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