Going East: Crossing the Borders of Realty and Presuppositions
Eastern part of Europe includes a wide range of aspects: geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic. The division and understanding of what is Eastern Europe might differ. It might be referred to former communist European countries under the Soviet Union influence. This factor carries within different presuppositions and realities that might not always be highlighted in the media and other sources, but can be easily seen in the reality. Of course, when talking about the East, not all of the countries were occupied by Russia in the 20th century, but still, some can fit in based on their political regimes. In the Eurovoc, a multilingual thesaurus by the Publications Office of the European Union as “Eastern Europe” are classified Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia which just shows how different division might be. It is undoubted that culturally, economically, historically and in other spheres, there are differences between the West and the East. The trip of 2016 (30.07.-07.08.) in...