In this special travel edition of the, “Hey, Are You Still There?” podcast, Mike & Beth are back from their recent trip to the Czech Republic. In this episode they’ll discuss their time visiting three towns on their way to Poland. Below is a hopefully helpful timeline of the travel that is discussed in the podcast.

Czech Republic (new country, new currency)

• Sidetrip tours - Pavlina; Skoda car
• We were in south Moravian region of the Czech Republic
• First stop - Mikulov
  • Walked around the cute town; historic square
  • Mikulov Castle and views from the hill
  • wine tasting at Vino Silova - cool machines for the wine
  • Coffee shop where I ran into a woman from upstate NY getting coffee - she said she never heard anyone speak English in the town
• Second stop - Lednice
  • Walked outside gardens at Lednice Chateu; they had better stables for horses than most people have - English garden (more natrual) and French garden (has symmetry and is formal geometric)
  • Saw a stork nest - migrating
  • Got more coffee
• Third stop - Olomouc - she went to college there; largest of the towns; really pretty town
  • Lunch at a place that helps people that are recovering from substance use. Nate Cafe
  • Walked around the university
  • Astronomical clock - with soviet style pictures and we learned about having a “name day”
  • St Michaels church with large domes - went down into a basement area too
  • Saw holy trinity column built in 1700 to celebrate faith and gratitude for ending the plague.
  • Sand art of the church
  • St Wenceslas Cathedral - last stop
  • Bought some Czech comic books
• All of these towns had the center square, cobblestone streets, very historic and beautiful

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