Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pulled out some shots from my trip around northern Germany (Hansa towns). One thing that strikes you when you travel around in former DDR are the signs that life has been very tough ... and still is. Former residents of DDR in Germany have less pay, even if they are working side by side with colleagues from the old BRD, 20% less pay. There was little or no interest for renovations during the DDR period. That is both good and bad. Good because all the silly mistakes that the west made could be avoided, but bad because it is getting very close to being too late. Churches in general were of very low priority: http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/33.html Stralsund, M3, 21/4.0 Skopar But side by side with the ruins, you see signs of rejuvenation: http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0044 same There's a couple in b/w with the IIIf and Elmar too: http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0060 http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0061 But walking around on vacation (read: you have a job that you can take off from) you are reminded that life is very tough even today. http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0052 I live here, what are you doing? Kiev 4A J-8M http://gallery.leica-users.org/album259/05v30_0053 Cold heart city Now to tackle what I've been putting off for far too long ... a new place to live in Oslo. Best, Daniel