Ah, well I am very far away from Berlin.......USA.
I actually went to Berlin, and visited East Berlin, saw the wall too.... I have a weird story about that. My mom is nuts, and she refused to stop taking photos while we were on the train. The East Berlin train guards busted into our cabin and seized my mom's film from her camera. Even then she continued to take photos. It was really scary! I had more sense than my mother!
Wow! I'm envious that you saw the wall. That sounds like a scary situation for your family to be in. Makes for a good story though! The four of us actually use to live in an old East-German prison complex now converted into artist residencies (of course.) It was called Hohenschönhausen. Lots of folks were held up there for simple things like taking pictures of the wrong people. Berlin has such an incredible and complex history...
the scariest thing happened on our overnight train trip through East Germany: in the middle of the night the train stopped and we heard screams. Apparently, some of the passengers were kicked off the train. In the morning we were told that they were drunk and causing issues. No one knows though.........it was really freaky.
That's terrifying! I can't imagine you slept very well afterwards. Thanks for sharing. There are a lot of incredible stories still hiding in East Berlin. It's amazing to think that all of this was a norm only a couple of decades ago.
Hey thanks! This one is especially entertaining... if you ever swing through Berlin, it's a must visit.
Ah, well I am very far away from Berlin.......USA.
I actually went to Berlin, and visited East Berlin, saw the wall too.... I have a weird story about that. My mom is nuts, and she refused to stop taking photos while we were on the train. The East Berlin train guards busted into our cabin and seized my mom's film from her camera. Even then she continued to take photos. It was really scary! I had more sense than my mother!
Wow! I'm envious that you saw the wall. That sounds like a scary situation for your family to be in. Makes for a good story though! The four of us actually use to live in an old East-German prison complex now converted into artist residencies (of course.) It was called Hohenschönhausen. Lots of folks were held up there for simple things like taking pictures of the wrong people. Berlin has such an incredible and complex history...
the scariest thing happened on our overnight train trip through East Germany: in the middle of the night the train stopped and we heard screams. Apparently, some of the passengers were kicked off the train. In the morning we were told that they were drunk and causing issues. No one knows though.........it was really freaky.
That's terrifying! I can't imagine you slept very well afterwards. Thanks for sharing. There are a lot of incredible stories still hiding in East Berlin. It's amazing to think that all of this was a norm only a couple of decades ago.