Fun with Google maps — where did you use to live?
Google has recently added new Hi-Rez images of many major international cities. I just had a blast looking back in time, finding where I use to live. I have successfully located the two places I remember the most: Wiesbaden, German and Misawa AFB, Japan.
Looking for our address in Japan was easy. Japan is small and all I had to do is look for specific landmarks — the buildings we’ve lived in. I don’t recall the exact address, but I’ve dead centered the key landmark (the white spot which is actually a little tree surrounded by a green square). That was our front yard, to give you an idea on where in that building we lived. We lived there from approximately 1983 to 1987, when we moved to Germany.
In German, it was easy. I actually managed to remember our address: Texas-Straße 8, Wiesbaden, Germany. I don’t recall the apartment (we didn’t call them apartments — I forget what) number was, but we were located in the building directly west of that marker on the exact opposite side. We moved to a second place, within a different housing community, after a couple years. I don’t know what our street address was here, but the building is still there, with what looks like a new drive way (we didn’t have a drive way when we lived there). We were in Germany for a total of 3 years from 1987 to 1990. We stayed at the first address for 2 years before moving to the second address, after my brother was born in 89.
Looking around at the old places I grew up in, it’s amazing to see how much things have changed and how much has remained the same.
