Memories

Almost 30 years ago I met J. in Göttingen, where I lived for two years.
We had become friends in Munich during a meeting from amnesty international and had started a letter conversation for month. (For the younger ones, in this time was no internet, fb or whatsapp available and phoning to the Netherlands was very expensive).
So in Oktober 1988 J. came to visit me and it was the beginning of our common journey through life. The yellow- orange autumnal forests full of beeches and rustling foliage around Göttingen were always special for us. So we decided to make a journey back into time.
We dropped T. at her brother R. in Frankfurt and hurried further on the 300km to Göttingen. We made a lovely hiking tour near Waake. J. sweared, that we have been there in those days, but we both couldn't remember anything.
We remembered the feeling in the woods, the light, the sound and the lovely company :-)  (first extra)
Later we visited the part of Göttingen, where I've lived. It is strange, when you know, you should remember, but in the years have changed so much, that you barley do. One sight, I could remember very good was the sight over the railways to the downtown of Göttingen. But, oh, the medows were gone, giant industy placed, even the roads had changed and the bridge was no longer for cars. Strange, very strange.
We had the the same feeling during our stroll though the downtown. We knew, that we should remember, but it was an unfamiliar place with very little exceptions. The "Gänseliesel" fountain (main blip) was one of it. :-)

We decided, that the memories of the begin of our partnership are much more important and obviously we had only eyes for us and not for our environment :-) (That sounds much better than to notice that we are  loosing our memories  and getting old)


We hurried back to Frankfurt to pick up T.. She had a very good time at R.
Thank you so much R. for making this remembering -or -not -remembering -tour possible :-))