Fall of the Berlin Wall: Strange, I can't remember...

[Kirsten]

BTW, forgot to say, the songs that still captures the atmosphere of those days for me (and for many others) is Scorpion's "Wind of Change".

[RICHARD]

BTW, forgot to say, the songs that still captures the atmosphere of those days for me (and for many others) is Scorpion's "Wind of Change".

So, you are a "Rocker Chick"!

Throw me some devil's horns!

[K9karen]

I remember it well. I cried from happiness. I'm glad I was alive to see it.

[Lady's Human]

I had just gone to Ft. Hood Tx on active duty when the wall fell, and went to Germany for an exercise the next year. I still remember seeing East Berlin......is should have been left as a monument to the stupidity of communism......minus the little girl, couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 years old, picking through a dumpster.

The pucker factor when the wall came down was high, as no one knew what the Soviet Union was going to do in response. It didn't get any calmer as the changes ripped through the Soviet Union after the wall fell.

[Kirsten]

Richard, it's a Rock BALLAD!!

Yes, I remember how the Eastern part was looking when I first went there for a visit. Anyway, nowadays, you won't see much of the former decay.

I remember how strange it felt when it was suddenly possible to travel East. Living in West Germany close to the inner German border, I lived for almost 25 years with the knowledge that the world ended 30 East from where I was living. Looking at the fence and see the land beyond was eerie, but it was a normal thing, something that I never thought would ever change. And then it all happened so quickly. However, the most amazing thing was that it happened without any blood being spilled.

Kirsten

[finn's mom]

I was living in Weiden, Germany when the wall came down. I was in 8th grade. I don't remember much about it, except the armed guards were scary and cool at the military base gates.

[smokey the elder]

I was driving toward Rochester, New York on the Quickway (Rt. 17) and heard it on the radio! I was so blown away I needed to pull over for a few minutes to collect my thoughts. "Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" is my favorite Ronald Reagan quote of all time.