Nice church

Chapter 4 - DAY 7 - Vienna to Zagreb

---

September 13th 2011
EASTERN EUROPE AWAITS We left Vienna and headed south for Slovenia and our first taste of the formerly communist Eastern Europe. Slovenia was the first of the Balkan states to become independent, it is in the north close to Austria and independence was achieved without widespread bloodshed. There was no border control as we passed from Austria to Slovenia which was a bit of a surprise. We dr ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Central Croatia

---

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more