Bratslavia Castle

Bratislava

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August 18th 2007
We needed to leave Vienna relatively early in the morning (for us anyway) in order to get to Bratislava as we were only going to be there for the day. We were to spend the night in Budapest. The train trip to Bratislava only lasted an hour. The border person that got on to check our passports gave them a quick once over and didnt even bother to stamp them as we crossed the border into Slovaki ... 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