The Pivo Trip of Slovakia

<p><em>The year is 1995 a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  This has led to a whole new way of life in former Soviet satellite countries like Slovakia.  </em></p><p><em>Mike Fox was privileged to accompany a group of students who went out from the UK into the country to experience a changing culture as Slovakia enthusiastically emerged into the ways of the western world.  </em></p><p><em>The UK students also enjoyed their new-found social contacts with their Slovak student counterparts a process that was no doubt aided by liberal access to ‘pivo’ which is the Slovak word for beer and which became an appropriate strap line for the tour.  </em></p><p><em>It turned out to be a never-to-be forgotten experience.</em></p><p> </p>