Looking at a physical map of Europe is an interesting way to visualise how arbitrary the split into Western and Eastern Europe used to be: https://en.wikipedia.

Looking at a physical map of Europe is an interesting way to visualise how arbitrary the split into Western and Eastern Europe used to be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe#/media/File:Europe_topography_map_en.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe#/media/File:Europe_topo... When I grew up in Western Germany, the world seemed to end at the Iron Curtain. Would be great if this is indeed changing now.