Note: This is the rest of the story about my train trip to Slovakia in 2001, but I inserted it into the Hungary section because of the central role of the border town mentioned in the title. 16 years after…
Slovakia
At a time when several former Soviet republics turned violent (such as Yugoslavia), the former Czechoslovakia also divided, but completely peacefully. Born were the Czech Republic (or “Czechia”) and the Slovak Republic or Slovakia, created with only one point of contention…
Bratislava, Slovakia
As western tourists have steadily flocked eastward to the former Warsaw Pact nations, the likes of Budapest and Prague — two capital cities — are the most common destinations. But sandwiched in between is another capital with an equally rich…