Muenster: Then and Now

The picture below shows one of the "landmarks" of the apartment complex where I used to live in Muenster. On the right is 4-year-old Helly playing on the pole of the laundry lines in our backyard. To the left is 21-year-old Helly by that same pole, in the same backyard. Time flies, but some things still remain!

1998 and 1981

Of course, when we went to Muenster this summer, one of our destinations was that very same apartment building! Here I am again, this time with family. This shot has us a little closer to the street, but you can still make out the laundry pole behind me, and the same brick and concrete building to the right:

August 2014

Here's another shot of us, with me hanging on to the exact same pole, only taken from the other side. When I lived there, the metal stairs were NOT there. There was only a balcony. And as you can see, the wire fence that was next to the laundry line in 1981 disappeared by 1998, only to reappear, this time as a white wooden fence in 2014.

August 2014

At least the big trees in the very background seem to be consistent all throughout the years. As are the laundry poles!! Funny how some things evolve while some things remain the same. Ah, the memories...

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