This outing in Prague made space for a visit to the LEGO Store, giving a familiar interest another setting and a reason to look around. A LEGO visit leaves plenty of room for imagination, from the smallest detail of a model to the much bigger project it might inspire. The route on a map only tells part of the story, leaving the interests behind its stops to explain why those places belong together.

Among the reasons for being in Zbiroh, a visit to the castle offered a chance to enjoy something outside the everyday schedule. The past is easier to imagine when there is a place to attach it to, rather than only a paragraph in a book. Making space for a stop like this is part of the pleasure of being away, with the everyday schedule left a little further behind.

There was room for a visit to the castle in Karlstejn, a chance to step out of the usual routine and spend time on something different. Trying to picture another time is part of the pleasure, even when only small traces of its daily life remain visible. There is room for both well-known destinations and smaller personal choices, without needing to decide which kind of stop makes a journey worthwhile.