Sights and Attractions in BRNO

The Castle Spielberg (1277); the late Gothic Jacobs Church (14th and 15th centuries), the Gothic Peter and Paul Church (14th century) with the Anton Pilgram elaborate doorway; the Dietrichstein Palace (1579), today the Moravian Museum, the little Rococo Castle of Count Mitrovsky in the style of Louis XVI (1780); the Baroque Fountain Parnass (1696) from Johann Fischer von Erlach; the Minorite Monastery with its church (1257) and the Augustine monastery with the Thomas Church (1350).

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The third officer went to say something, then changed his mind and walked into the accommodation block, Claire trailing behind. The chief officer turned on us, black eyes boring into me, pinning me down. I sat on the edge of my bunk in my new blues uniform, wondering what to do and where to go. I didn’t want to go on the flying bridge and get flayed alive by the chief mate, but I couldn’t just sit on my bunk. I was hungry. I looked out the door. The third mate and his wife Claire walked by. Come on he said, without breaking step. I followed dutifully. We went to the officers’ bar, which was in the aft accommodation block.

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