View from our Pension in Bojnice

One night in Slovakia after a border incident

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August 23rd 2009
Sunday August 23rd One night in Slovakia after a border incident We have slept well despite our afternoon in the most horrendous place in history. It rained overnight and the air is clear and feels quite cool after days in the 30’s. Our destination today provides us with a stop before we get to Vienna and means we don’t have to travel too far in one day giving time to take in the countryside a ... read more

Europe » Slovakia

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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