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CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAKIA / HUNGARY

Central Europe Discovered: Prague, Bratislava and Budapest

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EasyFor people looking to exercise their minds more than their bodies. There’s minimal walking and not too many stairs.
ModerateThese programs get you on your feet and include activities such as walking up to a mile in a day through a city and standing in a museum for a few hours.
ActiveFor people who enjoy walking as much as two miles a day, perhaps to explore historic neighborhoods or a nature trail.
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Tomas Brychta

A native of Prague, Tomas Brychta has been a coordinator, leader and instructor of Road Scholar programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia since 1992. He is the owner and CEO of Scantravel, an agency focused on educational services for foreign visitors to the Czech Republic, and is also the owner of the Hotel Petr in Prague. Travel is a passion for Tomas, and he has not only visited almost all of Europe, Egypt, Turkey, Uganda, India, North America, the former Soviet Union, and New Zealand, but speaks Czech, English, German, and Russian. When not spending time with his family, Tomas enjoys hiking, skiing, swimming, yachting and, of course, Road Scholar programs!

Zuzana Petrášková

Zuzana Petrášková is a native of Prague. She studied art history at Charles University and obtained her master’s degree from the University of Economics in Prague in 1981. She has shared her enthusiasm for art, history, and architecture on Road Scholar adventures since 2004. In her spare time, Zuzana loves to read literature, learn about history and art, ski, design jewelry, and create her own artwork. She loves travelling and has visited Turkey, North Africa, China, Hong Kong, the U.S., Russia, the former Soviet Union, and almost all of Europe. Zuzana currently lives in Prague with her two children.

Miklós Vörös

Miklós Vörös is a sociologist and cultural anthropologist, cultural heritage and cultural policy expert, and adjunct professor at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences in Budapest and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, and is currently writing his dissertation which will complete a Ph.D. in cultural history from the University in Pécs. He has published extensively in Hungarian, English, and German, edited three volumes in the fields of anthropology and cultural sociology, and acted as a cultural policy expert and consultant in government institutions and non-governmental organizations. Miklós has been a Road Scholar lecturer since 1998 and thoroughly enjoys the discussions that follow his lectures on Hungarian social history and contemporary politics.

Zoltán Pogátsa

Zoltán Pogátsa is currently working as an international political economist, focusing on issues relating to Central Europe and the Balkans. He has an M.B.A. and M.A. in political science and international relations, Southeastern European studies, and sociology. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 in contemporary European integration from the University of Sussex in Brighton. He has lectured at various universities in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Ireland.
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