First of all I would like to wish you happy birthday, I usually say that age is just a number (I am only 39 years old) and if you have reached the age of 70 that is really something nice.
I really like how you made a little stop in your bag of memories.
It seems that the communist period held us back in terms of rest/relaxation periods during holidays, I remember that when I was a child I used to see the sea when I was two or even three years old (we live in western Romania) but now if tomorrow I want to go and see the sea in Romanian resorts I can do it without any problems.
I don't want to get into a discussion of the communist period, it would certainly be a long discussion.
Greetings!