We spent this weekend in Brno, the Birmingham of the Czech Republic. Our hosts were the marvellous Andrea and Kateřina. Bernie met them earlier this year when he was walking the Camino de Santiago.
Brno is kind of macabre. It’s main sights are a crypt full of mummies and a maximum security prison featuring a collection of replica torture instruments and “several romantic and somewhat horrific legends, which are rather at variance with historical reality” (© the poetically written English language guide).
We discovered that Czech and English people have a lot in common including shyness (only when sober) and a shared love of beer, breakfast and cats. The girls looked after us incredibly well and we’re planning to visit them again, but we’ll make sure it’s a warmer time of year when we go back!
Andrea, Katka, A Giant Teddy Bear (Katka's words, not mine) and me
View across Brno from the castle
Bernie demonstrates English dancing in front of Olbram Zoubek's musical sculpture in Litomyšl. {I would like to point out that it is a trick of perspective that makes me look like I am grabbing the statue's crotch - Bernie}
We arrived in Brno at the same time as the first snow of winter
We thought the snow made the trees look pretty, the girls thought we were mad