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Mike's Turtle

My major and only accomplishment on the morning of September 10th, 2014.
Bratislava, Slovakia

September 10th 2014
On the 24th of April 1944, two Jewish men named Rudi Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler arrived in Bratislava, Slovakia with an incredible story. They claimed to have just escaped from a German concentration camp known as Birkenau located in Poland. The escapees met secretly with Jewish leaders and over the next two days they wrote highly detailed reports regarding the operations in Birkenau and provided de ... read more
Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava

Slovak Flag 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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16th September 2014

Tutle Art!
Brenda had a t-shirt with that same turtle on it I think, had a line under it that said I'm a little behind! Cute on her!! We have friends from that area and they eat uncooked bacon as well when they stay here. I always worry they will die of food poisoning, but no, they survive - Yea!!!

Tot: 0.02s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 4; qc: 6; dbt: 0.0073s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb