Will’s View

It may sound like something out of an old-time movie. Well at least my romanticised notions of it certainly were, but walking across the border was rather cool. Sure there wasn’t really a border to speak of, and any posts checking cars and such had been long abolished, but there was a certain inescapable element of old-school about it.

The border was between Slovenia and Italy. The border was drawn just outside the town of Gorizia after the Second World War (when Slovenia was still a part of Yugoslavia) . It was apparently often said that the two towns tried to out-do each other in the quality and attractiveness of their buildings, but I’m not sure how true this is. Back in the day the border was quite an imposing thing apparently, but ever Slovenia implemented the Schengen Agreement, the nature of the border has become somewhat lackadaisical.

Nonetheless, cross the border on foot we did, because no trains ran at times which suited us. I almost felt like an ultra-cool spy, crossing illegally from country to country. Despite how far from the truth this may be. I think the only photo I actually took near the border is this one but I will endeavour to see if I can find some more.

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