Since "The Change"

In America we always say "When the Wall Fell."  But, in Germany, at least in Rostock, it's "The Change."

Appropriately put.

This last weekend, Paul came across some historical photos in Der Spiegel from the Rostock altstadt, our old neighborhood, in 1989. (Though, really, the black and white thew me off.  My first guess was that they were from 1950.)

So, here was our old street in the old city, right before "The Change" happened:

And here it is twenty years later:

A lot changed after The Change...but I'm glad they kept the cobblestone streets.