After a wonderful evening with the Kavan family last night, we woke up to a wonderful breakfast prepared by Ivana and Pavel. Meats, cheeses, cereals, yogurts, breads, Danish like pasteries and juices . A buffet. So good. After eating and showering, we walked around their beautiful yard. They had just put a pond/swimming pool in. It had a couple of fish in it. So nice. They live in a forest area. Wonderful place for hiking, mountain biking, etc. After leaving their home, Pavel and Michal took us to a famous old church in the village nearby, to a site where some large caves are found and where rock climbers scale rocks. We followed that up with a trip into downtown Brno walking around the plazas there and admiring the architecture. At lunch time, we found a sidewalk cafe and had a nice meal. The food is quite reasonable although Psvel insists on paying for everything...which we do not let him. After lunch we headed to Pavel's business. It is a 3-story building with a number of small offices. He has about 10 people who work for him, including his wife and future daughter-in-law. When we arrived we met all the employees and then went into a conference room where Ivana had a very yummy Czech sandwich prepared with other treats. We were so full from lunch but ate a few things to be good guests. We are so full...so well fed. After that, we hugged goodbye and headed to Slovakia with Michal. It was about a 1.5 hour ride to the capital city. There we went down to the Danub river to just hang out awhile. It was cool and very nice. After driving around the city, we headed to Vienna which was only 40 miles away. We found the train station and our hotel. So we are good to go for tomorrow. We will not see much of Vienna. We plan to have a lazy morning before we grab a train to Salzburg. I hope the trip starts to mellow in my mind so that I can sleep better. We shall see.
The visit with the Kavans will be etched in our hearts forever. Denise and I will be finding a nice gift to send to them to say thank you for their kindness soon.
Denise and I just went for a walk in Vienna. We decided to walk over to the train station. Good thing we did. It turns out that no trains leave from this station to go towards Salzburg. It sounds like we get to figure the metro or Trams system out quickly to get to another station across Vienna. Another sleepless night!
Until tomorrow......
Ivanna, Michal, and Pavel
Back of their home...what a beautiful backyard it is.
Front of house....
Church in village...
Inside of the church. Beautiful art on ceilings....
Cave and rock climbing wall...
Downtown Brno....
Eating lunch near downtown square....
Entering Slovakia.....
Slovakian friend...mother was not pleased that I was taking his picture.
Danub River....
Denise and Michal resting by the river....
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