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Your Slovak Relative Just Looked At Your House on Google Maps 12 Jul 2013 | 10:57 pm
Looking at Your House from Across the Ocean July 11, 2013 Allan Stevo This is one of the articles written on travel to Slovakia as part of the launch of A Visit to Cousin Jano’s, a book on the intr...
Learn to Read Cyrillic (Russian) Within the Hour 8 Jul 2013 | 12:22 pm
Learning Cyrillic July 8, 2013 Allan Stevo In your travels, reading signs become considerably easier when you know how to read the local alphabet. While the Cyrillic alphabet appears challenging....
The Best Way to Cross the Atlantic (Shhh! It’s a Secret) 8 Jul 2013 | 12:30 am
Atlantic Crossing July 7, 2013 Allan Stevo This is written at the request of numerous readers, curious about this mode of transport and as part of the 7 day launch of A Visit to Cousin Jano’s. – Al...
8 Ways to Use the Internet to Learn More about Your Grandpa’s Village 2 Jul 2013 | 09:53 pm
Ancestral Villages July 1, 2013 Allan Stevo As a way of celebrating the launch of A Visit to Cousin Jano’s, for today and the next 5 days, I intend to post pieces about travel to Slovakia on the...
Announcing the Launch of “A Visit to Cousin Jano’s” – Sunday June 30, 2013 29 Jun 2013 | 12:48 pm
Launch – A Visit to Cousin Jano’s June 29, 2013 Allan Stevo The Launch is Live CLICK HERE TO BUY A VISIT TO COUSIN JANO’S In July of 2011, I met two readers of 52 Weeks in Slovakia – Ivan and Joh...
The Latest on the Book – A Visit to Cousin Jano’s – An Introduction 25 Jun 2013 | 10:58 pm
The Latest on the Book June 25, 2013 Allan Stevo There are two more rounds of editing left – right now I’m performing the necessary edits on page 35 of what is currently a 183 page single spaces Wo...
Two Slovak Rituals that Take Place with the Changing of Seasons – The Fires of St. John and the Annual Killing of Morena 25 Jun 2013 | 10:54 pm
Janske Ohne June 25, 2013 Allan Stevo With the changing of seasons from Winter into Spring and from Spring into Summer, several traditional celebrations take place that put considerable symbolic si...
The Story Behind The Book 15 Jun 2013 | 08:52 pm
The Story Behind The Book June 15, 2013 Allan Stevo Two American readers of 52 Weeks in Slovakia treated me to a meal about two years ago during a trip they took through Slovakia, passing through B...
Is Slovakia Stuck in the 1950s? – 13 Examples of How It Is 10 Jun 2013 | 07:24 pm
1950s? June 10, 2013 Allan Stevo I heard a ‘joke’ recently from a 23 year old Slovak: “If it were the end of the world, everyone could just come to Slovakia to be safe because Slovakia is 30 years...
Some Changes on 52 Weeks in Slovakia 3 Jun 2013 | 04:31 pm
Some Changes June 3, 2013 Allan Stevo - 1. – “Letters to Allan” – So many readers of the website send me emails. I don’t often get around to every question I would like to answer. As a...
