What a month! August 19th I travelled to the Hungarian city Sopron for a Pan-European Picnic, organized by Austrian and Hungarian diplomats. There was food, great atmosphere, and… an opportunity to flee West! @_@
The idea of the picnic was to open the border for about three hours and allow participants to cross unchecked into Austria. There were a huge crowd of people (about 10 000!) and among them… 600 of us, smart citizens of East Germany, who decided to grab the occasion!
So, we seized the moment and the Hungarian border guards turned a blind eye, letting the East Germans through. And we made it!
I’m in Austria now and you know what? Freedom tastes so gooooooood!
with love,
