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New Bridge
Just in case the size of the thing didn't give it away, the Soviets built this. And they had to tear down a lot of the Old Town (especially the Jewish Quarter) to do it.
Another quickie in Slovakia
November 2nd 2007 Yesterday on the train from Budapest to Vienna, there was a group of 20-something Hungarians who must have been going away for the long weekend. They were well into the celebrations before they even got on the train, and they were well stocked up with booze for the three hour train journey. One of them brought his cigarette onto the non-smoking train, as Europeans tend to do, and when he leaned
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In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
