Michaela is our Brno barista and our Czechia travel consultant. As half our reading public (Dave and Sue) know, we tend to use cafes as travel agencies. Their baristas are often young and have been travellers themselves. And they also often speak English – an advantage for those who like coffee but don’t have my ear for the local lingo.

Her suggestion today – was to go to Lokál U Caipla, a 100 yr old tavern with home style food and an in-house brewery. The food was good Czech pub fare, the service – great, and the beer was cheaper than bottled water. We ate cabbage fritters, roast pork belly along with some wonderful sides – and still got change from fifty dollars.

As is the way, we have received our best travel advice from locals – places to visit (the shop assistant at an outdoor store), places to eat,  (baristas), and, the benefits of bus travel (from a young Italian/Czech Economics student) who we met on a delayed and then further delayed train journey to Bratislava … apparently trains are chronically late in this Czech neighbourhood.

Tomorrow, we’re catching the bus to Krakow……

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