The Fall of the Berlin Wall

[Benzgirl]

I was in graduate school and substitute-teaching part time. I remember I had a short-term assignment teaching college-bound Calculus. One day, we put the math books down, got the newspapers out and started discussing the situation.

Does anyone remember when Nadia Comaneci defected to the United States?

[barbino]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I was in graduate school and substitute-teaching part time. I remember I had a short-term assignment teaching college-bound Calculus. One day, we put the math books down, got the newspapers out and started discussing the situation.

Does anyone remember when Nadia Comaneci defected to the United States?

Yes, although I hesitate to admit it. It is a vague memory--now I have to look up the details.

[honeychile]

A family friend, Elliott Jacobson, was working for the AP, and assigned to cover the Velvet Revolution happening in Eastern Europe during 1989. He was in West Berlin on November 9th, and couldn't get a flight to Prague, where he was to interview Vaclav Havel. He called into the AP office, where they said something like "Forget Czechoslovakia! The story of the century is happening at your feet!" He ended up having a hand in any of the AP coverage of the Wall falling, and becoming a friend of Vaclav Havel.

I would love to have gotten a piece of the Wall, but such is life.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I would love to have gotten a piece of the Wall, but such is life.

If you go to Berlin, you can still buy a piece...It's like 5 bucks for a piece the size of a quarter.

and for like 4000$ you can buy like a two foot by two foot piece. It's sort of ridiculous.

After living in Berlin awhile, I can't tell you what kind of impact that wall had on life. I lived in the East and it was a whole 'nother world from the West.

[PhiGam]

I was one year old

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I would love to have gotten a piece of the Wall, but such is life.

My grandparents have a piece of the Wall. My uncle, a Naval officer, was stationed in Munich around that time, and he sent over several pieces. It's pretty cool.

[RU OX Alum]

I was 8 years old.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

My grandparents have a piece of the Wall. My uncle, a Naval officer, was stationed in Munich around that time, and he sent over several pieces. It's pretty cool.

I've seen pieces for sale here, but that's how I wanted to get a piece of the Wall - from somebody there.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I would love to have gotten a piece of the Wall, but such is life.

I was 9 when this all happened, and I remember my teacher brought a piece of the wall in during the history/geography part of our day. I think she got it at some conference in D.C.

[Leslie Anne]

I remember it very well because I was there in Berlin at the time! I was backpacking across Europe with another KD.

Here's the chunk of wall I pulled off:

[AGDee]

I remember being at work and listening to news coverage of it on the radio. I know someone who was in the Air Force, stationed in Berlin who was able to ride his bike over soon after it started to come down. He told me about the stark differences between East and West Berlin.

[LightBulb]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I remember it very well because I was there in Berlin at the time! I was backpacking across Europe with another KD.

Here's the chunk of wall I pulled off:

That's amazing!