and here's jim voss and her danish husband live on the danish side of the village sylvia runs a restaurant on the german side. they often me at the border to exchange greetings and chat about what's happening in the village it is important to them. that. many of my friends who live on the other side i don't know how they're doing i can't see them drive over there and visit them that hurts. when this mess that the bush it's about my sister has 2 grandchildren they're like my own grandchildren i'm like a grandma to them and of course they want to see me. sometimes my niece mutely up the border as well and then they stand on the other side asking why i'm not able to hug them. yet so we have to explain to them that the border is shut and that they're not allowed to visit my home because they're in denmark by the i did them not in. the german and danish coronavirus lockdown means many friends and families in the border region who no longer meet. even though over 20 years ago the local border post here was dismantled and border checks cracked. the barrier is all that's left a reminder of long by