Sunday, 19 July 2009

Schengen Agreement

One of the wonders of the European Union is the Schengen agreement, which these pages have already alluded to. Bascially, it is designed to facilitate cross border excursions or journeys to work for EU territories adjacent to non-EU member states. This picture shows another Schengen border with Slovenia in the foreground and Croatia on the other side of the river, which runs near the foot of the hill. We saw crossing points and the officials didn't seem over-taxed, although I gather that many families are split by the border. Croatia has applied for EU membership and that might occur in the next 3 years.



Max would like the water slides shown in the picture and the old railway cars. As far as I can tell the top of the water slide is in Slovenia and the end in Croatia, but that might be a fault of perspective.

AS

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