We had a long weekend due to the holiday on October 28 so the Six-Pack decided to go on a trip. Bosnia was the country of choice, as Armin, our resident Bosnian, wanted to go home anyway.
Unfortunately for those from developing countries, meaning Olena (Ukraine) and me (Philippines), visas take two weeks to process so we couldn't join the North Americans and EU citizens on the said trip.
We decided instead to join them on the train to Vienna and then part ways, off to Bosnia for the visa free guys, and Hungary for us restricted to the Schengen area.
Here are some photos we took in Vienna. We were rushing around so fast that I'm afraid I can't identify most of them , and so I will refrain from naming any at all. Haha. So this set of photos will have to remain under the category of Somewhere-In-Vienna.
From Brno we went on to Blansko, where Tes had a cottage by a lake. It was dark when we got there so it was a bit scary trekking around the lake in complete darkness with a teeny tiny flashlight to guide us. But the cottage was a delight. It was just small but really cozy.
From up the hill we went down again to go to the caves. We first went into Catherine’s cave, which was named after a shepherd girl who got lost and died in the cave after she went looking for one lost sheep. How tragic is that? (I personally would have left that dumb sheep to find its own way home :P ) Anyway, the cave was really nice. The “Bamboo Forest” was really cool. And there was stalagnate called the Turkish Minaret, which I just had to take a picture of, for Jay to appreciate, hehe. But the best formation was the Witch. It was just awesome. Really looked like an old crone with a stick.
We tore ourselves away from that beautiful sight and hopped onto these small boats for an underground river cruise. There wasn’t much to see, or maybe we didn’t see much because we didn’t have an English-speaking guide to point out things to us. The fun part was the unintentional bumper boat experience we ended up having. Two boats crashed into ours twice in the dark. So much fun. Haha. 
That ended our caving experience. We thanked Tes and said goodbye and took the train back to Olomouc. Arriving late at night, we called it home for the first time. :)
