Vienna

Day #21 - Vienna, Austria to Bratislava, Slovakia

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July 30th 2012
We did not get a chance to finish up all we wanted to do yesterday in Vienna so we went out this morning to visit the old town nice and early. We saw the Cathedral, we saw some old buildings and we did some shopping. I was not as impressed with the old town of Vienna as I have been with some previous ones, Sydney felt the same way. Perhaps we have seen so many old towns in the last few weeks that ... read more

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava

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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