heikki kiviluoto
Thu, 06 Sep 2001 22:34:58 -0700
................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html ................................. on 6.9.2001 16:43, Tatu J. Lund at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ................................. > To leave Commie, hyper to > http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html > ................................. > > > Hi! > > I feel quite obliged to share my experience from Potsdamer platz, I > wisited few days ago. I've been on a conference trip in Berlin. One night > I decided to do a round trip around the city. Potsdamer platz is crowded > with new buildings. It used to be empty during the DDR times, now it looks > ultramodern. There is MacDonalds at Marlene Dietricht platz and the whole > place is an entairment and shoping centre in general. I ate a burger at > that MacDonalds, it felt so corny. When I left for Alexander platz to seek > more original East Berlin I saw an old man near to U-Bahn entrance selling > all kind of old DDR related stuff (police oficer hats, communist party > symbols and matushkas). Behind him there was this ultramodern city > silhuette. That was quite a contrast, shame that I didn't have camera with > me. > last time when i visited berlin (1993) my friend who lives there lived in marzahn, the biggest high-rise estate of east berlin. that place had the real east-german feeling. there was a park, where a 15-20 meters high granite head of karl marx stood, just nearby my mates house. big head baby, indeed! help save the youth of america -- Heikki Kiviluoto -> ddr rhythm