Tuesday, November 03, 2009

The wall at the Brandenburg Gate, East Berlin, so dark, so grey, so hopeless. This was in January 1988. Westerners used to take a peak onto the Lenin Allee on the opposite side. The wall was solid then, forever it seemed. "He who comes too late is punished by life" Mikhail Gorbatchev
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  1. studioJudith7:56 PM

    So dark, so grey ... . indeed.

    I shall never forget the greyness.
    As a visitor, circa 1980, I crossed at Checkpoint Charlie for a single day .
    That hopelessness was a cloud which stayed with me for a very long time.

    Jjj

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