The story of Anna and Milan

November 16

It was a great surprise for us when the protests started. Nobody could imagine communism could have fallen, so it was a shock for most of the people. First, we only heard about the protests on the squares, then we engaged as well. We all had a euphoric feeling. I cannot say we lived in terrible times then. We had job security. Nothing such as unemployment existed. Hospitals, doctors and treatment stays were all for free. We were young, so we didn’t really know about the political scene and the background of communism. On the other hand, people could not travel outside their country and if they really wanted or needed to, they had to get thousands of various signatures, going from one office to another. For me, it was the biggest negative of communism, since I used to love traveling. So, you can only imagine my joy when the borders were opened, and we could travel freely to Vienna or Budapest. It was like a dream come true. Unfortunately, today’s system in Slovakia has its faults as well. Mainly with all the scandals raising to the surface.