So, we’re told not to talk about Brno but actually it’s an area we couldn’t miss because of the caves! Only knowing about it as a place where the European spaeleology Congress was one year, we decided to look for a nice show cave for us to traipse around as a family.
Punkva cave hit the jackpot- land train to get there, boat tour inside, and decorated with tonnes of stal throughout, with classic show cave descriptions of what the formations are supposed to look like- even more difficult to identify when they’re all referred to in Czech but entertaining nonetheless. This cave spoke for itself to- you didn’t need a Czech tour guide to explain how impressive it was!
The boat ride needs a special mention, it was a bit of a rollercoaster as the passage was not quite big enough for the full width of boat passengers, so the whole vessel did alot of leaning to the right or left to get under a number of low headroom sections!
Following our views of the ‘macoca abyss’ doline from below we headed back up to the top of the valley in the van (usually connected by cable car which was sadly out of order while we were there) to admire it from above and camp for the night.
Next to head south- and as there’s a great cycle path heading towards Vienna, why not by bike? We took turns to cycle with Eddie for a bit while the other drove the van and came to collect Eddie first then the other adult after a decent adult length bike ride to the Austrian border where we hopped in together to complete the journey to camp on the Danube outside Vienna.
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