Mendel (second from right) and me

Surprising Brno august 8 2010

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August 9th 2010
It takes only 2 hours from Vienna to Brno by train. Meanwhile you pass the beautiful hilly landscape of Moravia. It reminds me a little of Toscane in Italy. But what to do in Brno? Actually we had only one reason to see Brno and that was to visit the Mendel museum. But who was Mendel? Well, Mendel is the founder of genetics. You know the man who came up with the mathematical laws of hereditary, ... 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