Comments on: Happy Anniversary, Germany

By: smartest cousin

smartest cousin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:05:45 +0000

loved berlin, but was denied entrance to a club for not being dressed correctly.

By: Mom

Mom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:38:45 +0000

hey, I remember ALL of it, the wall being built, falling, etc. As a matter of fact, in 1971 I went to Berlin and was allowed to go to East Berline on a bus. While passing thru Checkpoint Charlie I got off the bus and started taking pictures of the guards inspecting the bottom of the bus for escapees. Uh-oh… so long film… I never saw those pics. The city itself was so dreary and depressing. I spent a day there… never wanted to go back.

By: Moose

Moose — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:31:24 +0000

In slightly-related-but-not-really news, Günter Schabowski is THE BEST NAME EVER.

That said, I agree! Beautiful photography!

By: Dani

Dani — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:53:36 +0000

Gorgeous photos and a beautiful post. I was a freshman in college and remember watching the fall in my dorm. I’d just moved from a tiny 6,000 person town to go to college, and here I was with my new friends in my new life watching history. I felt a sea change in my world view then.

The photo of the pock-marked wall was one my favorites. That was the most striking things I recall about when I went to Berlin almost 15 years ago. The scars that still are visible on the architecture.

By: kvv

kvv — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:21:26 +0000

My 62 year old boss yesterday said that people under 40 don’t remember the fall of the Berlin wall. I had to correct him. I was 10 in 1989 – old enough to remember the dramatic news footage of the celebrations, the people climbing over, the drinking, the pounding away at the concrete. I guess four years difference at that point in life makes a big difference in what we remember. Great post!

By: SVV

SVV — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:07:01 +0000

Excellent photography Ms. Kristin. Particularly LOVE the graffiti and coffee drinker. Very well timed that one.

By: Amy @ The Q Family

Amy @ The Q Family — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:52:17 +0000

This is a such a timely and great post! I agree that no matter how bad the memory of the day is we owe it to them to recognize the hardship that happened. I have learned a lot just reading your post today. Also love all the pictures in the post.

By: hikerdee

hikerdee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:22:12 +0000

I enjoy my armchair travels with you. Great post.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:56:11 +0000

Interestingly enough, my Mum went to Berlin as a child in the late 60s with her school choir from London. They were one of the few groups allowed to cross from West Berlin to East Berlin to give a concert, and she still remembers it as being one of the most terrifying experiences of her life when the coach they were travelling on was stopped and searched and every single pupil was searched in case they tried to smuggle any East Berliners out with them.
We still have a teddy bear she brought back from East Germany as a souvenir at home although he looks a bit old and battered now!

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:52:46 +0000

Interesting stuff – thanks for sharing…