Still dreaming

 

 

Something extraordinary for the new year. A journey through time of the remarkable kind. It is the year 1955, or more precisely the summer of 1955, when Cornelia (Conny) Froboess toothed the German hit of the years "Pack die Badehose ein". Aunt Erna, already known to us, took it literally, took her partner and a couple of friends and drove to the Côte d'Azur.

Then on to the Italian Riviera.

 

 

 

Sailing 1954, Berlin Wannsee, kasaan media, 2019 

Aunt Erna probably had enough of the Wannsee bath and the sailing boat from the war years in Berlin. One year after the events in Berne, winning the World Cup they went to South of France. There are also pictures from Austria that month. Probably in June 1955, because from July 1, 1955, the black license plates became invalid. Today you have to be astonished because the journey across the Alps required courage. The roads were not as developed as decades later. They went via Austria with the camping trailer over the Alps to Italy. In this camping trailer was everything you needed for a holiday at that time. It was the longing of those days, also due to the music of the time, for palm trees and Bella Italia. For warmth and southern flair. Afterwards, one wanted to go to the coast to Monaco and further on to a camping site that was located near Mandelieu-la-Napoule. Along the Massif de l'Esterel. The Berliners photographed even rocks because they were so strange for them in those days.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Somewhere in Tyrol, kasaan media, 2019 

 

 

Büssing in Nauders in Austria, kasaan media, 2019

 

 

 

In the Alps 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

 

In the Alps in Austria, kasaan media, 2019

 

 

Tower in the Sea, 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

It was undoubtedly the reward for the lean years that the National Socialist dictatorship under Hitler had also left behind in Germany. The Nazi era had also demanded unprecedented sacrifices from the Germans. The Airlift period, as well as the division of the city, had taken a further toll. What has survived are pictures that are 65 years old, which are no longer perfect, but reflect the colour of the time.  Many things can no longer be reconstructed on the Agfa's, but they still show the joy of those who at that time went on the much longed-for holidays to the south.
It was long before mass tourism, just with a trailer and VW Beetle convertible. 
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Unusual environment, kasaan media, 2019 

 

 

Evening in the South of France 1955, kasaan media,2019 

 

 

Camping in the old days, 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

 

The first coffee under palm trees, kasaan media, 2019 

At the camp site in the south of France, kasaan media, 2019 

 

 

The Tent, kasaan media, 2019 

 

 

Close to Mandelieu la Napoule, 1955, kasaan media, 2019

 

 

Bella Italia 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

 

Streets in San Remo 1955, kasaan media, 2019

 

Strada, 1955, kasaan media, 2019

 

Sunbather, kasaan media, 2019

 

San Remo 1955, kasaan media, 2019

At the market 1955, kasaan media, 2019

Market in Italien 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

Graces under palm trees 1955, kasaan media, 2019

The Seaside 1955, kasaan media, 2019

 

Promenade 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

 

 

Beach in Italy, 1955, kasaan media, 2019 

 

Bella, bella Italia, kasaan media, 2019