A view of the Holy hill from the Clock of Saint Wenceslas

A weekend in southern Moravia

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July 11th 2007
I spent a lovely weekend in Mikulov, not too far from Brno. This is the heart of the winemaking region. There's a beautiful chateau and a lot of wine cellars to pick from. You can easily go overboard out here and land up picking up a whole trunk full of wine from the rich selection available. Mikulov town square A view of the Holy hill from the Clock of Saint Wenceslas We then drove down ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more