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Slovak Military Academy

Nick Lynch — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:00:26 GMT

By: Nick Lynch
So we have been at the Slovak Military Academy for almost a week, and it has been quite interesting. The campus is massive, and was built during the era of the Soviet Union. Originally it housed thousands of military cadets, but now there are less than a hundred. We started off our stay here with a competition between joint teams of American and Slovak cadets, and we followed this with a day of touring the surrounding town. We just got back from a two day hike through the Low Tatras, which...read more

CULP Slovakia

Nick Lynch — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:56:00 GMT

By: Nick Lynch
Hello from Slovakia! I am here with the CULP program touring the country, and so far it's been a blast! We have been to several major cities, most notably Bratislava and Kosice, as well as some of the smaller ones. Currently, I am in a town called Kezmarok doing work to help a social house in one of the surrounding towns. It's hard work, but the people there benefit from the large amounts of fire wood we helped move. On Saturday, we leave for one more Cultural Recon before we end...read more