After 1989 and the reunification of the following year it quickly became possible for us to travel freely to the East. In the next few years we were able to visit all the places you highlighted. We were amazed by the wealth of old buildings that had survived the years and indeed whole streets of ancient structures. There had been some restoration under communism but much was dilapidated and there were still many ruins and empty spaces dating from WW2. It has been incredible to see the widespread reconstruction and restoration that has taken place. obviously there are many more examples that you could show. Personal favourites include Erfurt & Dresden further south, Potsdam, and in the north Stralsund. Just wish that digital photography had been around then as many of those earlier images are on colour slide. Would love one day to try and compare those images of thirty odd years ago with today. Thanks for putting together this interesting compilation. I enjoyed watching.
It must be so interesting to be able to see the places right after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Dresden is really charming indeed, and amazing works of reconstruction have been done in the past decades. I still need to check out Erfurt and Stralsund, including the island right next to it. Thank you for watching 🙏🏻
