Now, let's take some trips for Halloween, we'll start here, with the Museum of medieval torture instruments in Prague. http://www.prague.net/medieval-torture-instruments. It's really incredible what people could do to each other. And still can! I'm not buying it for one second that people are more violent today than we were back then. I think we're just denying a rather important part of ourselves when we claim to be more civilized nowadays. We're really not that civilized. We just like the professionals to handle it. You know, the ones that really know how to kill people. I still say let's make armies illegal. Oh how uncivilized of me!
When we're done looking at the instruments of torture and we're trying to wash the agonies of the past
off we can do this! http://www.jack-the-ripper-walk.co.uk/ following in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper. Seems neat, huh? They even show real victorian photographs. I assume it's similar to that one. Or maybe not. That'd be so uncivilized.Onward, homeward!
And this. By golly http://www.stockholmghostwalk.com/ A mix between actual events, like the Stocholm blood bath and stories about ghosts. Special events for Halloween naturally. As if Old Town wasn't scary enough as it is. Nice website too. The Jack the Ripper people should take a lesson from them. Stylish and bloody.Speaking of blood. How about Romania? Bran Castle museum
http://www.brancastlemuseum.ro/indexfrm_en.htm. So what if vampires are jus
t a myth? It still looks scary as hell, and at the same time suprisngly pretty. The whole setting seems lovely. And it does give you a sense of history, doesn't it? All myths start somewhere and for some kind of reason. I would love for there to be some kind of mystery left in the world that we haven't discovered yet. I'm doubting it's so however. It's a common theme in culture, the blood thirsty monsters. What can be more interesting to ponder is what they represent to us, our darker side, or just that uncivilized bit that craves the blood of innocent victims? Or maybe we simply wish we had a good reason to not be out of bed during the day and we could safely hide in the dark and be feared for what's not known about us.
t a myth? It still looks scary as hell, and at the same time suprisngly pretty. The whole setting seems lovely. And it does give you a sense of history, doesn't it? All myths start somewhere and for some kind of reason. I would love for there to be some kind of mystery left in the world that we haven't discovered yet. I'm doubting it's so however. It's a common theme in culture, the blood thirsty monsters. What can be more interesting to ponder is what they represent to us, our darker side, or just that uncivilized bit that craves the blood of innocent victims? Or maybe we simply wish we had a good reason to not be out of bed during the day and we could safely hide in the dark and be feared for what's not known about us.Then I have a couple of recommendations if you're into bones and skulls and stuff. The first one is Catacombs of Paris museum http://www.catacombes-de-paris.fr/english.htm But they're closed. For Halloween. How odd is that?
The secon
d one is http://www.cappucciniviaveneto.it/cappuccini_ing.html. Apperantly the munks brought the bones with them in 1631 when they moved, they're the bones of past monks. How bizarre. But it seems some people like bones... Yes, that's what the pattern is made from. Human bones. Hey, at least they found a good use for them!
The secon
d one is http://www.cappucciniviaveneto.it/cappuccini_ing.html. Apperantly the munks brought the bones with them in 1631 when they moved, they're the bones of past monks. How bizarre. But it seems some people like bones... Yes, that's what the pattern is made from. Human bones. Hey, at least they found a good use for them!
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