Dog Graffiti

Prague, Krakow, Auschwitz, and Narrowly Escaping Tragedy

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August 5th 2008
Alright, so it's been crazy since my last post from Berlin. I can't believe it's only been a week since I left Berlin to go to Prague, and have since been to Krakow, Auschwitz, and now I' in Bratislava. I don't know how far around the world news has made it of the train crash in the Czech Republic, but for those of you who haven't heard, a bridge collapsed on a train yesterday in the Czech Republi ... 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