The Rules of Breakfast

Czech

“Any fool can make a rule
And any fool will mind it.”

Henry David Thoreau

I wake up at 5.00 am and can’t get back to sleep. Confusingly, I wake up again, and it is 7.00 am.

We lie in bed; I make some coffee. 8.00 am rolls around, and Shell decides on a refreshing walk.

Brno is every bit as beautiful as Prague, without the tourists—possibly more churches.

The timing has thrown our breakfast plans at SKØG, which is at 9.00 am.

We decide to skip breakfast and have an early lunch at Atelier.

This plan lasts about ten minutes, and we pivot to a champagne breakfast. Shell, who is a constant disregarder of rules, declares a champagne breakfast is not necessarily champagne with breakfast, but champagne as breakfast.

In the end, we open a bottle of 2020 Domaine Dirler Cadé Crémant d’Alsace Natural Riesling. Crémant is technically not champagne, so the rules remain intact.

It is now 10.30 am, and we have finished the bottle and begin to wonder what time you can start a boozy brunch?

Brunch at SKØG. A happy compromise between breakfast and dinner.

We start with coffee and then look at the wine list.

For lunch, the snídaňový talíř is too good to pass, and we order one each. Egg spread, pickled vegetables, mushrooms, and house made baked beans, all served with sourdough.

We work through the white wines –

2024 Vinařství Špaca Pávlava – Velké, Czech

2023 Vinařství Špaca Tramín červený – Velké, Czech

2024 Vinařství Špaca Veltlín – Velké, Czech

2023 Vinařství J. Stávek Bílá Frankova – Velké, Czech

Shell makes friends with a canine patron. You can actually see her wellbeing increase, or maybe it’s the wine.

We stop at a local bakery for some pastries that might see us through the afternoon should hunger call.

We head home and open a bottle of 2024 Domaine Muré Steinstück Riesling and settle in for the afternoon.

I am not sure if we will need dinner.

Season 2 of the series Sugar has been released. We have been watching season 1 to refresh our memories. Colin Farrell is excellent in this series.

As the evening wears on, hunger strikes.

We take a walk and decide on the healthy option – ice cream.