Princess Leia Statue

24 meters above the city center, this spot used to be occupied by a huge figure of Lenin. This replacement is supposed to represent "holy wisdom" but I think she's actually a little eerie looking.

If It's Sunday...It must be Bucharest

April 17th 2006
March 26, 2006 (Sofia, Bulgaria) Shannon: With less than 14 days to go before we head to Dublin to meet up with family and 2 countries to cover before our plane takes off from Bucharest (Romania), we’ve realized that we’re going to have to pick up the pace to get there. With that in mind, last night we took a sleeper train to Sofia (Bulgaria). It wasn’t exactly our most comfortable ride. ... read more

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava

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

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