A Trip to the Communist Museum

There we saw exhibits on the Stalin goverment, full of power hungry polititians, secret spying on citizens in the name of "security", and jailing of enemies without due process - sound familiar?

POST VIENNA

June 27th 2006
Travel delays, so only spent 12 hours in Vienna, and spent all of it sleeping. Bummer- but what to do? My German stinks anyway. Had mixed feelings about leaving Prague this time. 5 years ago when I was there it was mysterious and exotic and had a little air of danger about it. Now there is a McDonalds on every corner and EVERYONE speaks English and watches NYPD Blue. Prices have tripled sinc ... read more

Europe » Romania » Muntenia » Bucharest

The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more

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