http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamichelin/fra/tpl/mag6/art200910/htm/tour-evenement-mur-de-berlin-diaporama-archives.htm Here - thanks to " Michelin " and "mr le marquis" is the link to a slideshow on the subject of the Berlin Wall , the 20th anniversary of it's downfall is coming very shortly. I had the "pleasure" of being stationed in Berlin in the 1960's, and I recall "guarding" this wall and riding around the perimeters in Scout cars. Why - I don't really know! Image via Wikipedia I also had the pleasure in the 1970's and finally lived, as a civilian, in Berlin in the late 70's and early 80's, together with my wife. The Germans say "Berlin ist eine Reise wert" (Berlin is worth a visit) and to have "Ich habe einen koffer im Berlin" (I have a suitcase in Berlin) is used frequently in German to show one's continued attachment to this City. We left Berlin in 1982, well before the fall of th...