26 / Trip 04

Znojmo

          ◦  April 2026
          ◦  22 frames
          ◦  Moravia, Czech Republic
        

A long Easter weekend with the girls, down near Znojmo, a beautiful town in Czech Moravia. Fine weather for the time of year, a seventeen-or-eighteen-kilometre walk on the first day, plenty of wandering around town and far too much pizza. We walked over the border into Austria to the castle at Hardegg, and out along the old Iron Curtain, where the defence line still stands. A water park on the drive to and from Prague. A lovely trip with the girls.

Contact sheet Colour & black-and-white, as shot

The Znojmo skyline across the valley, towers and cathedral — **Znojmo**Across the valley

A castle on the hill seen through spring blossom — **The castle**Through spring blossom

Hardegg castle and church reflected in the Thaya river — **Hardegg**Over the border, in the water

The two girls on a bench, a castle on the ridge behind — **A sit down**Castle on the ridge

The two girls below the round chapel — **The rotunda**Messing about

A daughter with a lollipop, the valley behind — **Sugar stop**Earned the lollipop

A daughter on the high ropes course in a teal helmet — **High ropes**First day out

Standing on a rock above the Dyje river canyon — **The canyon**Above the Dyje

A daughter giving a thumbs up, rock behind — **Thumbs up**All good

The old grain silos at Stary Saldorf, black and white — **The old mill**Stary Saldorf

The Easter market stalls filling the town square — **Easter market**The town square

The town hall tower with its green spire, old town — **Town hall tower**Old town

A farm track running out toward distant fields and a village — **Into the valley**The long way round

The two girls walking through bare spring woods — **The walk**Eighteen kilometres

The old Iron Curtain fence and anti-tank obstacles, black and white — **The Iron Curtain**The line still stands

A daughter walking a forest path under a fallen tree, black and white — **Under the fallen tree**On ahead

A woodland stream and the first white spring flowers — **First flowers**By the stream

Purple corydalis flowering on a wooded slope — **First colour**Spring on the slope

A cyclist in orange on a forest track — **Forest track**Someone else's miles

A woodland stream with fallen logs, black and white — **The stream**Down in the woods

A family selfie with the girls, a hilltop town behind — **The three of us**Above the town