<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My knowledge of western Europe is much better than my knowledge of
eastern
> Europe.  When I was in school, eastern Europe was part of the
'Evil Empire',
> behind the 'Iron Curtain' and somewhere few folks traveled.  Our
knowledge of
> these areas only came from our relatives and the parents or
grandparents of
> our classmates who were immigrants from those areas.

Technically, Slovenia is not in Eastern Europe and former Yugoslavia
was never behind "Iron Curtain".  That term is usually reserved when
referring to Warsaw Pact countries.  Yugoslavia was not a member.


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