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  1. These boots are made for walkin'...

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 22 November 2011

    In the context of Czech towns and cities that might be interesting to foreign travellers, Zlín is quite unusual because most of its tourist attractions are modern.

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  2. Between two churches...

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 8 November 2011

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  3. The marvels of Mikulov

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 20 June 2010

    Visitors interested in architecture and history will find few Czech towns with as much to offer as Mikulov in South Moravia. One of Moravia's four old Jewish towns, Mikulov is built on a limestone outcrop above the main road from Brno to Vienna just a couple of miles inside the Austrian border. For anyone who likes a drop or two of red to help their history and architecture go down, Mikulov is surrounded by one of Europe's most up and coming wine regions.

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  4. A history book in your wallet

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 9 June 2010

    Czech history may seem obtuse to travellers when they first arrive from abroad, but a shortcut to understanding it may be as close as your hip pocket.

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  5. Cold war nuclear bomb shelter

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 31 May 2010

    A toadstool of reinforced concrete growing at the base of the Bezruč gardens city walls conceals the entrance to Olomouc's newest historic attraction.

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  6. Top Ten daytrips from Brno

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 9 May 2010

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  7. Top ten daytrips from Olomouc

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 29 March 2010

    A lot of visitors to the Czech Republic base themselves in

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  8. Biking around Břeclav

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 19 October 2009

    For most travellers, Břeclav is one of those places like Kolín or

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  9. SEFO - Return of the Blob?

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 12 October 2009

    The planned Central European Forum is intended to be a modern art gallery and museum of world class, so an innovative, memorable and striking work of modern architecture is ideal. But does such a thing belong in the centre of the second largest, second most valuable historic preservation zone in the Czech lands?

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  10. Wine harvest festivals

    Blog: The Journeys of Captain Oddsocks - 21 September 2009

    Vinobraní is the name given to the traditional autumnal wine harvest festivals of the Czech lands, and the 2009 season is in full swing.

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