Most images are taken on two bicycle tours to Czechy,checking the new pedestrian&bicycle bordercrossing from Lower Austria to Czechy.

Mikulov (-Czech, German: Nikolsburg) is a town in the Czech Republic, in the South Moravian Region. Population: 7,608 (2004). It is located directly at the border to Lower Austria. Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly territory and a large lake. It extends from a sea level of 200 to 250m. The UNESCO Biosphere reservate begins at Mikulov, and so does the Moravian Karst. In 1938, the town had 8,000 (mostly German-speaking) inhabitants, but only a population of about 5,200 in 1948. The town's German population was expelled between 1945-46. The most remarkable historic sights are the former princely palace of the Dietrichstein family and the Piarist College.