Czech “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” Rabindranath Tagore A walk around the old town. Znojmo is a morning town, not an evening town. We take our time with breakfast. Check out is at 10.00 am, and the…
Vinǎrská Stodola
Czech “In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce.” W.B. Yeats No early morning walk, just coffee nd porridge. Today our walking will be done to tasting stations set up by Vinařstvi Znovín. Rather than the usual cellar door setup at…
Vinařství Lahofa
Czech “The school is the first step toward the state. What you want to see in the nation, you must first put into the schools.” Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk I did not sleep well. The pillow was terrible, and the light from the air conditioner shone like Eta Carinae. My retinas barbequed. I stoically catapult out…
Znojmo
Czech “Too lazy to be ambitious,I let the world take care of itself.Ten days’ worth of rice in my bag;a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?Listening to the night rain on my roof,I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.” Ryokan We sleep in and take an early morning walk….
Bad Füssing
Germany “I was thinking, how did ‘a sleepy country of poets and dreamers,’ and the most highly educated nation the earth had ever seen, how did it yield to such a wild, such fantastic disgrace? What made its people, men and women, consent to have their souls raped.” Martin Amis Porridge for breakfast and we…
Domaine Bohème I art de vivre
France “You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.” James Baldwin I wake up and think about editing yesterday’s post. So much ranting… We have nothing planned today, and I feel good about this. I make some porridge, and we drink plenty…
Véronique et Thomas Muré
France “It all begins with the soil, the vine, the grape. The smell of the vineyard – like inhaling birth” Steven Spurrier A sleep in and a lack of motivation for a morning walk. Instead, vitality building calisthenics to prepare us for the day ahead. Today we taste the wine from one of the most…
Domaine Dirler Cadé
France “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” Albert Camus Sleep in and then take a vigorous morning walk. Home for some porridge before our 10.00 am appointment with Domaine Dirler Cadé. Domaine Dirler…
Guebwiller
France “The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.” Plato For the next few days, I will play amongst lovely things. A good sleep and a slow start to the morning. Only four hours to Domaine Bohème I art de vivre, the most impressively cool apartment, in the…