Bratislavsky Hrad through the trees

The small palaces arn't overrun by terrorists...

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October 30th 2006
Today JC and I took a day trip from Vienna to Bratislava, Slovakia. We had a late night last night, so we didn't arrive there until about midday, but still had plenty of time to see what we have officially decided is the most boring city in the world.... or at least in the parts of the world we have seen so far! When we arrived, we walked the 2kms from the train station to the castle, only to ... 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