I took this picture as I woke up this morning. While the tree and the shack's roof are in my neighbor's garden, the hills are in Slovenia. Last night Slovenia officially entered the Schengen Agreement, meaning that, among other things, there are no border controls anymore. In other words: to go on that hill, yesterday I needed a passport, today I don't.

I think that this is a pretty big deal, especially if I remember that just 16 years ago, coming home from work in Trieste one night, I found Italian tanks patrolling this very same border during the 10 day war.