Highlights of Budapest, Hungary

Caitlinepstein415/ January 26, 2019/ Europe/ 0 comments

Highlights of Budapest, Hungary I am writing this in my new home for the semester, a quaint apartment in the city of Florence, Italy. But before I get into my new life in Italy, I want to share about my time in Hungary’s capital, Budapest. The LIU Global class of 2021 spent three days there primarily focusing on the rise

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A Day Trip to Bratislava, Slovakia

Caitlinepstein415/ January 19, 2019/ Europe/ 0 comments

A Day Trip to Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia. A relatively small Central European country of 49,000 square kilometers and a population of 5.4 million. Their currency is the Euro and they speak Slovak. You may be wondering why one would even think to go to here. The answer? It’s capital city, Bratislava, is only an hour by bus from Vienna, and

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A Weekend in Krakow: The City, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the Wieliczka Salt Mine

Caitlinepstein415/ January 14, 2019/ Europe/ 2 comments

A Weekend in Krakow: The City, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the Wieliczka Salt Mine I have wanted to visit Krakow for years. After learning about the Holocaust and World War II, a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau made its way onto my bucket list. The opportunity arose to go when I was searching for flights to anywhere in Europe for after my Paris trip,

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