Czech, Mate....And Czech, Out
It is just a short visit to Slovakia, a country of five and half million people uncomfortably wedged between the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. The country as its exists today was born in 1994, when without any fuss or fanfare (or so it seemed to the outside world) Slovakia decided tha...
Viennese Schmaltz
You can forget Paris and Rome! For me, Vienna is THE most elegant city in the world! Even in the middle of winter, cold, damp and grey - Vienna has elegance, charm and sophistication (at least of the Central European variety) that’s hard to top. The Viennese are obsessed with opera (the city of fewe...
896 And All That
Bang slap in the middle of Europe, Hungary is a somewhat benighted country of around 10 million people. The country came into existence in 896 AD when a group of tribes who it is thought migrated from Central Asia looking for a better life (sound familiar??) were united under the first Magyar king,...