July 13th – Brno, Czech Republic

 We checked out after breakfast and got prepared for our journey to Brno to visit with Anthony’s daughter Anna and her family.  The two hour ride to Brno was uneventful and again we managed to book a hotel online.  So great to have these devices:)

It was a pleasure to meet Mila, Zedenik, Patricia, Anna, and Martin – although he was ill from daycare.  They live in the suburbs of Brno in a beautiful home with a fabulous view of the mountains.  We chatted about life in the Czech Republic and it was interesting to hear that since the Revolution they now have vegetables…something they never really had access to while the Communists were in power.  Often, Mila had to wait hours for bananas and oranges, so by the time one tried to get anything else…it was gone.  Mila is now having fun exploring different ways to prepare vegetable…again something we take for granted in Canada.

Anna is extremely shy, so it took some time before she would even chat with the girls – which was fine with them as they are very patient.  We ended up going for a nice walk in the forest behind their house…I think it was uphill the whole way!  Afterwards we went to the city centre and the kids had ice cream to recover.  We left our new friends there with the understanding that we would meet up tomorrow.

The kids were super tired and somewhat cranky after all the touring in Prague, so we took it easy and went to a restaurant for some real food.  For dessert we wanted to try some Czech sweets, so we ordered apple strudel and honey cake to share.  It was all delicious and the plates were empty in a matter of minutes.  Zoe is our food critic and will give her feedback later on!

Our hotel rooms have been on the cozier side so we only brought in our knapsacks to stay the night.  Thankfully, wireless could be accessed anywhere in the room so we could actually sit in bed, stretch out, and do our work:)