Web Sites
The following Internet links will provide you more information about Eastern Europe and the Balkans via various newspapers (written in English), tourist agencies of these countries, the National Museum and Library, and others.
- The Czech Republic: A Curriculum Guide for Secondary Teachers - http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/CzechGuide.pdf
- The Teen Challenge Plzen web site - www.teenchallengeplzen.cz
- US State Department and Consular web pages for the latest information about travel, medical, crime and numerous other items. Choose a country from http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/eurbgnhp.html. Also check out http://travel.state.gov
- For up-to-date currency exchange rates visit www.oanda.com/converter/classic
- The UN's "Information" site, good for any country is www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/information/e_infonation.htm
- Lonely Planet's Destination Czech Republic or Slovakia, just choose a country: www.lonleyplanet.com/dest/eur
- Czech Happenings, the latest news from the Czech News Agency found at www.ctknews.com
- Czech general tourist information: www.czech.cz or www.visitczech.cz
- Czech info: www.people.fas.harvard.edu/sever/czech_FAQ/Czech-toc.html
- Prague Post (published in English): www.praguepost.cz
- Slovakia Daily Surveyor, news stories, background info and related links, www.slovensko.com
- Slovakia Document Store: travel guides, cultural history, other information at www.slovakia.eunet.sk
- Guide to Slovakia at www.slovakia.org
- Slovak Spectator at www.slovak.spectator.sk
- United Methodist Churches in Czech Republic at www.umc.cz
- Czech and Slovakia links - www.gbgm-umc.org/europe/czech
- Slovak Republic Tourist Agency - www.sacr.sk
- Slovak Republic Information - www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/slovak.html
- National Czech and Slovak Museum - www.ncsml.org
- Brno UMC - www.brno.cz/main/index-en.htm
- Jihlava UMC - www.jihlava.cz/e_index.asp
- Karlovy Vary UMC - www.karlovyvary.cz/index_aj.htm
- Litomerice UMC - www.litomerice.cz
- National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA - www.ncsml.org
- VIM Opportunities - www.gbgm-umc.org/Volunteers/tmeu.htm#czech or www.gbgm-umc.org/Volunteers/tmeu.htm#slo
