Tapestries

This is a very important pic as I got yelled after taking it because I didn't see the no photo sign...meh. This is one of the most intricate tapestries ever found. Not quite sure how Bratislava came to be the owners...and, as I read on a plaque, neither are they. They were found when renovating this palace!

Burgeoning Bratislava

July 30th 2006
This is the one stop on my trip that most people say, “Huh? Bratislava? Where’s that?” Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and a quick hour and a half train ride from Vienna (actually, as I discovered during my travel research, a number of Vienna bound flights land in Bratislava for some reason). Anyway, although not as famous as its former other half (Czech Republic), Slovakia is star ... 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

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