Day Tour 1

This day tour consists of three pages, putting together the best pictures and some of the most interesting newspaper articles available in my archive. The story itself is partly fictitious because I'm not entirely sure where I was on which day, but that doesn't matter too much, does it?
I stayed with friends in Berlin, and on Saturday morning set out to visit Potsdam Square and the Brandenburg Gate to take some photos. There was no point in trying to get there by public transportation - the subway (traveling above the surface here at Möckernbrücke station) was hopelessly crowded.


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The German newspaper "Die Welt" carried an article about the traffic situation on the following Monday.

On my way towards the Brandenburg Gate there was another obvious sign tht something great had happened: TV stations from all over the world were there with broadcasting equipment of all sorts. Sometimes, cranes were used to erect antennas and satellite dishes.


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Soon I reached the Wall, and not without amusement I found a grafitto that perhaps came true earlier than its creator had believed himself: (it reads "every wall will fall some time")


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Shortly thereafter, a small opening in the Wall alloewd for the first view into the East - it looks like one always thought it would, doesn't it?


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Two children had obviously seen how others treated the wall, and tried to break off a piece of history for their own:


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I think they were not alone, because in the evening in the city centre, I spotted the following announcement:


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(Trans: Walter Momper calls for prudence: "Don't you climb the Wall or work it with a hammer. That's too dangerous!")

Another message on the same display told the story of a man who tried to sell pieces of the Wall for DM 20. (Show image)

But now, let's continue our tour - Part 2 tells you more about the Wall.


  Frederik Ramm, 2004-03-16