They headed north, into what today is the Czech Republic, first reaching Brno (then called by its German name, Brünn), where they called on the Count Franz Anton Schrattenbach, brother of Leopold's employer in Salzburg, the Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach.
Dirixíronse ao norte cara á actual República Checa, chegando en primeiro lugar a Brno (daquela chamada polo seu nome alemán, Brünn), onde chamaron ao conde Franz Anton Schrattenbach, irmán do patrón de Leopold en Salzburgo, o príncipe-arcebispo Sigismund Schrattenbach.