The Ghosts of History

One of the most fascinating things about living where we do, is how ingrained every little thing is in history.  Layers upon layers of history are everywhere you turn.

Marika is studying World War II now, and even though we live with it, it was still a little startling to be doing research for a paper and come across several photos of soldiers, Nazi parades or rallies in the areas we spend time in on a regular basis.

She has decided to try to get some photos of herself to juxtapose next to those WWII photos as part of a project for history class.  Many are in Heidelberg proper, but a couple were also in nearby Schwetzingen.  We headed over to Scwetzingen this weekend to take those photos.  This is may favourite pair:

Hadley