Berlin.......Brandenburg Gate.....Silver Jubilee......

Yesterday, Germans celebrated the 25th anniversary of coming down of the Berlin wall. The World joined to remember the demolition of the wall on November 09, 1989, and its long history of escapades, protests, revolution, different ideology, and the triumph of democracy.  The Brandenburg Gate has witnessed the construction of the wall after World war II.  The Brandenburg gate was originally constructed as the triumph arch. The architecture and the theme is Roman with a neo-classical flavor.

In 1998, when I visited Berlin, Brandenburg gate was open and one could go thru the gate freely and of course no wall, no fear, and no GDR!.   I could see the difference between the west and the east Berlin. East Berliners talked highly about their culture, opera and art despite the fact that economically they are not well off like their neighbor at the West side of Berlin.  Construction was going on and the East Berliners were adjusting to the free democratic lifestyle from a socialistic government sponsored plans and lifestyle.  After chatting with the people in the coffee shop,  I joined the crowd to get into the train station of Osten Berlin.  A happy group was singing Bocelli's "quante partiro",  I stood and listened thinking that,"Yes, time to say goodbye to all differences and oppression".   The bells at the nearby church started ringing, and the whole place looked happy with smiles under the beautiful blue sky.

PEACE ON EARTH

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