Eliska Hotel Mikulov

I'm actually typing this between Prague and Brno, but I will change buses a Brno, and head towards Vienna from there...

I love internet on buses, but this one isn't that great, and cuts out pretty often...
I'll bein Vienna around 3:30pm this afternoon

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well my main reason for coming here was two-fold, I need to be in Bratislava friday morning and find out more about Gregor Mendel, who was in the Brno abbey, firstly as an abbott and secondly as the prelate when he conducted his pea-bredding experiments and became the 'father of genetics'.

So I visted the Mendel museum, there's a wealth of information about Mendels background, his families financial ...

... la balit už o víkendu, hoši měli jako vždy na všechno fůru času, takže ještě den před odjezdem do prahy jsme řešili počet ručníků, kam dám boty, kopie pasů, kolik váží taška,...

We stopped in another city in the Czech Republic for a couple days to get a feel for a non-touristy area. Brno (Czechs really dont waste their time with vowels, do they?) is on first impression a lot more drab than Prague. Our pension (guesthouse) was in the outskirts of town past some rundown houses with broken windows and graffiti, and Jesse was a little disappointed at first. After we got to know ...

... English or German here, but eventually I found the station again. I am not walking away again -- lol. Also thunderclouds are gathering, it doesn't look too good. This morning I woke up with the weirdest dream. I was at the Premium Hostel in Krakow I think, but now I was in a room in the other hall, all the way at the back. I was sharing the room with many other people, and a new group came in as I was about to leave. I had packed all my ...

Well sleep wasn,t the nbest last night and I woke up feeling a bit queasy in the stomach. Hopefully it will pass soon. Had just a small breakfast and have packed everything. The train leave from Budapest at 0810hrs and should arrive here about 1430hrs. Then we catch it to Prague which at a rough guess will take about 3-4 hours by train. Next posting once I get to Prague. Hoping here that I can start to upload my fotos.

While researching places to go and things to do while in the Czech Republic, I stumbled upon a page about Novosedly on Wikitravel.com. This little village is about an hour or two from Brno and apparently "...you can take an amazing trip by horse back through the vineyards," or so says Wikitravel. Johnny and I were quite bored in Brno and figured that this would be a pretty nice day trip, but of course where public transportation is ...

Lots to say.. Woke up at 7 am, had breakfast, loaded onto a 3 hour bus ride from Brno to Cesky Krumlov. I only got to PASS by the original Budweiser brewery, but I figured that would do Uncle Raymond proud! Cesky Krumlov is a gorgeos little red roofed town with a lot of jewelry shops in the town center. After the tour of the town center, me and 2 other girls went to a real torture museum. This place is going to give me nightmares for years to come.We were ...

... for .5 L). I really liked it there, and proceeded to try and drink away the rest of my kroners, but they didn't charge me for the Plzensky Prazdroj I ordered, which was an oversight. But as it turned out that my escape from the Czech Republic wouldn't be as smooth as expected, it turned out that I'd need that money, and more. **************** I got my bag and proceeded to become mystified by the signs for the various tracks and trains. However, seeing a sign for a train ...

... went inside, but I didn't knowing George would want to visit it with me later (regretting that now - George and I only stayed for 10 minutes, and I wish I had gotten a better look). Still remember the bitter cold - I could feel it through my shoes from the cobblestones. We went into a really nice restaurant for lunch, and to get out of the cold. Lovely to sit on plush seats near a window. I remember ...