After the conference ... I spent a couple of days in Znojmo looking around, the new railway station next to the old one, the castle and the church on opposite sides of the valley, a dam on the river and another look at a museum of transport. ... and then to Salzburg. I had stayed …
Month: Jun 2019
Any old bikes ? How about old castles ?
The venue is a former monastery, that has had a varied life and a near death since the church was booted out during the Czech equivalent of Britain's Reformation. At one stage it was home to part of the Army, and they are not usually careful about the buildings that they own, or manage. As …
Lovely town, how do you pronounce it ?
It is Znojmo, and the 'z' is pronounced a little bit so it sounds like 'shnoymo' To get there from Vienna it is a short train trip, or for today, a train to Retz (still in Austria) then a bus because it is summer and the rail works are done in summer. The people here …
The name’s Lime, Harry Lime …
The 'Capital of Spies' according to local writer Emil Bobi. In his book Die Schattenstadt (The Shadow City), he estimates that there are more than 7,000 secret agents and spies currently working in Vienna, more than in any other city. Tourist operators in the city refer to this, some more than others. There is a …
I love an EU passport …
Landing in Vienna, after a stop in Dubai and a change of aircraft to an A380 (yay, with spare seats!) there was the usual swarming of passengers to get in line for passport checks. Lots of folk from all over the world, but not many for my entry gate. You might not know it, it's …
Hello Qantas …
Time was, an Australian travelling overseas would head for Qantas as the national carrier and a symbol of Australia, with the big kangaroo on the tail ... These days it's more likely that the carrier will be picked for the low costs, the bigger seats, the better food, the baggage allowance and a host of …
EUlogising Europe 2019 