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Turn the pages of the guide.
 
What is a Personal Planner?
Other Resources
SK
People: links to Slovakians with homepages.
Slovak Republic FAQ: a concise, well-written primer on Slovakian culture and history.
Slovakia Document Store: Slovakia's self-billed "No.2 WWW server," with a complete guide to Bratislava.
Genealogy Resource: if you have Slovakian ancestors, this page will help you track them down.
Slovakia Online: an interesting multimedia magazine from Bratislava.
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The Berkeley Guides:
Berkeley Guide to Europe:
Slovakia
By Laura Helmuth
Slovakia doesn't have the name recognition of other European countries: The last time it conquered anyone was in the 10th century, when Slovakia was part of the Great Moravian Empire. For the next thousand years the region was controlled by Hungarian kings and emperors, and only in the past century has the concept of Slovak nationhood emerged as a tangible political reality. Slovakia's "Velvet Divorce" from the Czech Republic in 1993 was quick, mutually acceptable, and bloodless--thereby warranting little Western notice. Ask most people what the capital is, and you're likely to be met with blank stares (it's Bratislava). And when you tell people you're off to Slovakia, they're likely to confuse it with Slovenia and ask whether it's safe to travel so near the war.
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