Monday, September 12, 2016

Eastern Europe: Vranov to Znojmo, CZ

Wikepedia gives us some information, probably more than you want:

Znojmo (Czech pronunciation: [ˈznojmo]; German: Znaim) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, the administrative capital of the Znojmo District.

The town is situated on a rock outcropping on the steep left bank of the Thaya (Dyje) River, about 55 km (34 mi) southwest of the regional capital Brno. Located near the border with Austria, it is connected to Vienna by railway and road (about 80  minutes).

There were three long paragraphs of the history of Znojmo on Wikepedia but I deleted them rather than bore you – even if this is the “boring blog”.

As we left Vranov along the lake we spotted a contemporary bridge.  I thought we were going over it but our path changed and we rode around the lake.

A detour at km 10 took us to the only remaining section of the Iron Curtain in the Czech Republic.  Originally 7250 km in length, from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea, of which 963 km lay in Czechoslovakia. (see phoho on right below) Today there are no border crossings between EU countries – it’s just like driving from Oklahoma to Texas, without the welcome signs.

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Some of these hotels are amazing.  They may be in an old building but most have very contemporary furnishings. Below shower head, railing, table lamp.

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Znojmo is a lively town of 20,000 – the size of Fredericksburg, TX and Frisco, CO combined.

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