When i lived in Spain in '85-'86, the cities were full of McDonalds, Wimpy's, Burger Kings, IKEAs, Sony and Gucci, and what. I also at that time saw women doing laundry in the Río Tajo in smaller towns. Quite a dichotomy still in that country back then.
When the wall fell, my aunt Helga got to go to where she grew up for the 1st time since 13 August 1961. While there, she got to see her mother's grave, and be at her father's side when he died. The DDR government wouldn't let her go home on that day in 1961, when she'd gone shopping in West Berlin. Her parents brought her money and her documents, and she got on the first flight to the US, ending up in Columbus, OH, not long after meeting and marrying my uncle Gilbert.
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Date: Monday, 16 April 2007 03:44 am (UTC)When the wall fell, my aunt Helga got to go to where she grew up for the 1st time since 13 August 1961. While there, she got to see her mother's grave, and be at her father's side when he died. The DDR government wouldn't let her go home on that day in 1961, when she'd gone shopping in West Berlin. Her parents brought her money and her documents, and she got on the first flight to the US, ending up in Columbus, OH, not long after meeting and marrying my uncle Gilbert.