Znojmo to Vranov

Train to Sumna and then probably the best walking we’ve had on the trip. Started out across rolling fields of green, then through forest to Cizov, very close to the Austrian border. Mary’s highlight was seeing many tiny little frogs jumping around our feet. We thought they were some little beetle or insect but on closer inspection discovered they were frogs (about 1cm long)! Didn’t meet anyone else doing any walking at all, so we had the forests and lakes to ourselves. Cizov was a break while we waited for a drinks place to open. Photos of border towers and barbed wire a reminder that this was once part of the iron curtain. Then from Cizov back into some untouched forest and, way down, the Dyje River. Some decent limestone outcrops kept it interesting and, an hour or two later, we are in Vranov. (That is Vranov n Dyje, not Vranov near Brno – managed to book the wrong hotel!). Lots of places to stay at, hardly anyone there, so all good. Vranov a nice place with a spectacular castle up high on a hill. Pretty hot, sunshiny day, well over 30, so we are pretty tired after the walk, so settle in for a nice meal and watch the world go by. Lots of school groups passing through here – art students sketching the castle and river etc.