ɪᴛ's ᴛrue, anᴅ ɪ was sʜown ǫuɪᴛe a numʙer oꜰ ꜰascɪnaᴛɪnɢ ᴛʜɪnɢs ʙʏ mʏ ꜰrɪenᴅ, as weʟʟ as seeɪnɢ some ɪnᴛeresᴛɪnɢ sᴛuꜰꜰ ɪn an oʟᴅ caꜰe/ʙar aᴛ ᴛʜe oʟᴅ ʙeʟɢraᴅe cenᴛraʟ raɪʟwaʏ sᴛaᴛɪon ʙeꜰore ᴛʜeʏ ᴅecomɪssɪoneᴅ ɪᴛ ꜰor ᴛʜe new one a ꜰew ʏears ʙacᴋ.
ɪ ᴛʜɪnᴋ sᴘecɪꜰɪcaʟʟʏ ɪᴛ was ʙeᴛween ᴛʜe ᴛɪme oꜰ ᴛʜe ᴅeaᴛʜ oꜰ ᴛɪᴛo anᴅ ᴛʜe sᴘʟɪᴛᴛɪnɢ ʙacᴋ ɪnᴛo ᴛʜe oʟᴅ reᴘuʙʟɪcs aꜰᴛer ᴛʜe war.
ɪᴍᴏ, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴀ ɪɴꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴄᴀᴘɪᴛᴀʟ L ʟɪʙᴇʀᴀʟ ᴀꜱ ɪɴ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ. ᴄʀᴏᴀᴛɪᴀ, ɪɴ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀʀ, ɪꜱ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ʏᴜɢᴏꜱʟᴀᴠɪᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴀʟɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏʀᴛʜ - ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴏ ʙᴀᴅ. ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ꜰɪɴᴇ, ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ, ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪ ᴍᴀʏ ꜱᴇᴛᴛʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ɪ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴇʀɴ ᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴜɴɢᴀʀʏ ᴏʀ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ɪɴ ꜱʟᴏᴠᴀᴋɪᴀ.
aꜰᴛer ᴛʜe war, ᴛʜere seemeᴅ ᴛo ʙe a race ᴛo ᴊoɪn ᴛʜe eu, ʙuᴛ serʙɪa ɪn ᴘarᴛɪcuʟar ʜas ʙeen ᴅeemeᴅ "ᴛoo corruᴘᴛ", aʟso ɪ ᴛʜɪnᴋ ʙosnɪa anᴅ monᴛeneɢro, ʙasɪcaʟʟʏ maceᴅonɪa, sʟovenɪa anᴅ croaᴛɪa are memʙers, ᴛʜe ʟaᴛᴛer ᴛwo are now scʜenɢen, ꜰor wʜɪcʜ reason aʟso ɪ am ɪn croaᴛɪa as weʟʟ as ʜavɪnɢ a ᴘʟace ᴛo ʟɪve ɪn a smaʟʟ vɪʟʟaɢe ɪn ᴛʜe norᴛʜeasᴛ near ᴛʜe ʙorᴅers wɪᴛʜ ʜunɢarʏ anᴅ serʙɪa. (mʏ ᴘassᴘorᴛ ʜas now exᴘɪreᴅ, anᴅ wouʟᴅ ʜave ʙeen verʏ comᴘʟɪcaᴛeᴅ ʜaᴅ ɪ sᴛaʏeᴅ ɪn serʙɪa wʜere ɪ ɪnɪᴛɪaʟʟʏ ᴘʟanneᴅ ᴛo move.)