Part of the former European eastern block and just recently a created country from the
former state of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia has developed into a popular tourism destination. Slovakia
is a small and youthful country, with people under 25 years of age adopting very western approaches while
some of those a bit older hold on to the old Soviet outlook. Some of them even wish things were
like they were under the Soviet empire, shocking as it may seem.
Read the East Europe Trip Report
