Austerlitz Battlefield Fieldtrip

April 24, 2012

Austerlitz Battlefield Field-trip aka Slavkov u Brna

On this cold and blustery day, we took a field-trip to the Austerlitz Battlefield located about 10km southeast of Brno in the Czech Republic.  This battle was also called the Battle of the Three Emperors.  It was pretty cool knowing that the rolling hills that we were overlooking were once the sight of a huge battle that Napoleon won against the Russo-Austrian Army in 1805.

Martin came with us to the Battlefield and memorial to talk about the history of the event.

We then went to the museum and memorial, we had a guided tour that was very interesting and gave us some real idea of what the battle was like.  Lots of cool memorabilia  and replicas to check out.

The Peace Memorial (mohyla míru) on Prace hill. The memorial near Prace village has been designed and built by Josef Fanta during 1910–1912. The First World War postponed its inauguration until 1923. It is 26 m high, square, with four female statues symbolizing France, Austria, Russia and Moravia. Within is a chapel with an ossuary.

Within the inside of the Peace Memorial, the room is built in such a way that if you stand in one corner and someone stands in the opposite corner, you can whisper and the other person can hear you like you are standing right there.

The guys thought they would be cool with this picture ... you decide.

That night we went to watch some soccer aka Futbol!  Watching with Europeans is so much more fun and exciting than watching on television at home, especially when your professor is a huge fan!

After the game, we made our way to the Osa Bar aka Havana Club.
They have the best drink menu in Olomouc, anything and everything you can think of is on the menu that is a small book in itself.  They even had a huge list of non-alcoholic drinks for me!  Love this place!