Monday, November 9th
The celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall were extremely exciting. Immediately after class on Monday, several classmates and I made our way to the Brandenburg gate where over 1000 styrofoam dominoes had been erected. An enormous turnout for the event resulted in much jostling for position around the line of dominoes which extended from just north of the Reichstag to Potsdammerplatz. I was able to climb on top of a bus stop, which allowed me an excellent view of dominoes as well as the large screens providing coverage of the political speeches at the Brandenburg gate. Overall, the general feeling of the very international crowd was positive, and each of the politicians was cheered before and after their speeches.
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