So under some strange logic, despite struggling to wake at 6:30am and get organised, I’ve read articles that say to be most productive you should wake at 5am as you get the quietest part of the day to yourself, and with less distractions it’s easier to focus and get things done. So that’s what I did and to be honest it was so much easier than 6:30, plus I’d done my morning routine before Mark was up – happy days!
This freed us up to get on the road earlier than usual, and we had a quick potter about the pretty town of Mikulov on our way to Brno in the Czech Republic.
Brno is Czechs second largest city but the main attractions are along one central strip so it’s easy to navigate. As usual there are the quirkier ones – a young nude Mozart sculpture with a single wing, the Brno dragon (that’s actually a crocodile) , a funky astronomical clock that looks a bit like a giant salt mill (N.B. at 11am it drops a marble for any lucky passerby to catch), a very long legged horse – Equestrian Statue of Margrave Jobst of Luxembourg, and a double headed child pulling a moonie on the side of St James Church.
Our favourite bit was an exhibition by Voda Water and CivilIzace Civilization about different impacts on the environment both on Czech and beyond. The display boards were really interesting and lots of people stopped to read them. We also had a lovely coffee at Cafe Atlas, which has the best random animal wallpaper.
Next it was decision time, as it’s illegal to wild camp in Czech we decided to push on back to Poland. Ernest has been on vitamins for two weeks so we want to get his bloods redone to make sure he is fighting fit again.
With better planning we arrived at Auschwitz in the late evening and I plan to be amongst the first in at 7am to hopefully beat the crowds and really take in the atmosphere and information.
I’ve lured Mabel and Ernest onto the sofa bed with me, but for the first time ever Jasper is currently sleeping on Marks bed – compared to Ernest he is bigger but less wriggly, poor Mark 😂
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