The Rubbernecker

Bratislava - The City Where It's Always a Sunday

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June 20th 2008
Bratislava feels like a Sunday everyday: not because its relaxing and you don't have to work, because let's face it when you've been travelling for as long as we have everyday is a weekend. No, nothing is ever open!!! We arrived in Bratislava two years too late to get the really cheap eastern europe prices. But still the old city was pretty and there was a fair bit of sightseeing to be done. ... read more

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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