(Lucas) lives in Switzerland and his beloved (Leoni) lives in Germany, this did not mean anything for the two lovers before the appearance of the Corona virus, but suddenly the authorities erected a fence between them, and orders were issued to separate each other.

The workers began the day before yesterday to demolish the fence between the German city of Constance and the Swiss city of Kreuzlingen, and the lovers continued, for weeks, to exchange views across the buffer zone on the border, but after Switzerland and Germany agreed to open the border, the fence was dropped.

(Lucas - 34) and (Leoni - 31) expected to open the border earlier, and (Lucas) said that (Leoni) 's patience is running out, and he added, "She is a bit upset, in fact she is very upset, she is smiling at me. Now on the other side of the border. ”

In normal times, on a continent where borders have gradually faded, people can walk, bike, or even swim between neighboring towns on the shores of the lake. But in mid-March, German police erected the fence on its side of the border, along the line the barbed wire barrier between the two countries went through during World War II, and when people continued to gather and violated the rules of social separation by hugging, through breaks in the fence, authorities established Kreuzlingen is a second fence to separate them.

The Swiss, Jean-Pierre Walter, was driving from Zurich to the fence to see his German girlfriend, Maya Polich, who had to travel south for three hours from her home near Heidelberg.

He said: "Seeing the fence eventually disintegrating is a sign that life can return to normal, we have a strong relationship, and this has helped us to get out of the crisis safely."

Seeing the wall is unraveling a sign that life is returning to normal.

On a continent where borders have faded, people visit on foot.

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