Background: Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.
July 1st 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Tuesday 1st July: Spent the morning meandering through the back streets of this ancient little town before taking a tour of the Cesky Krumlov Castle. The theme in each room of the castle has been main ... 21 photos[full story]
December 28th 2007Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov was in a hurry to check on our van parked out on the street. The night before, the hotel clerk advised us to pay to park in the hotel lot, but seeing that others had parked on the street I figured ... 52 photos[full story]
June 30th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Monday 30th June: Franz dropped me off at the central Vienna train station where I caught a train to Cesky Budejovice and then on to Cesky Krumlov in the south of Czech Republic. Here for 2 nights bef ... [full story]
May 12th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Morning: Today is nature day! We decide to explore the beautiful woods in Brloh and there are lots of hiking trails all around. Of course we chose the shortest one which should take us 2hour plus to f ... 8 photos[full story]
May 28th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Dobriden everyone from Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic.
With its cobble stone streets, little shops and of course a beautiful 13th century castle with frescoes and a river that runs all throug ... [full story]
May 26th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov 5/24/08
The Sudetenland… we have all heard about them, but do we know what they really are?
Writing from beautiful Cesky Krumlov. It is a beautiful, old city that has seen so much. It i ... [full story]
May 12th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Morning: This morning woke up at abt 9+ cos we will be taking a day trip today and the whole family will be going out also at about 11:30am. And Frank´s mum has already prepared a nice breakfast for u ... 14 photos[full story]
May 19th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov It started raining in the evening and although it looked like the usual thunderstorm it didn’t stop, and it was still raining fairly steadily in the morning. We had done a wash in the evening so ... 10 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Morning: Today we will be leaving to another place called Brloh further south of Czech Rep and this is another time I feel reluctant to leave cos we had such a great time here! The first time was in B ... 6 photos[full story]
May 14th 2008Europe » Czech Republic » South » Cesky Krumlov Today was such a whirlwind, I don't know where to start! This morning dawned WAY too early for my jet-lagged body, but I got up and out by 8:45 to head to Cesky Krumlov. A small city in the South Bo ... 31 photos[full story]
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