This was the Iron Curtain. The road on the left is in Slovakia, the right is in Austria.

Post-Communist Tour

January 4, 2020 in Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

Got in a man's old, rusty van with strangers.

Was a great tour. Got the rundown of Slovakian history from the occupation in WWII, liberation by the USSR, and the subsequent communist Czechoslovakia up until 1989.

Highlights: the old radio/tv building (upside-down pyramid), memorial to Soviet soldiers that liberated Slovakia (mass graves and monument), and the Iron Curtain and remaining outpost bunkers.Read more