The world is so hopeful. Hope for peace is always there, despite what is happening all around, perpetually. This gives me, well, hope! Give peace a chance. I'm with you, German sisters. #berlinwall
@Kivrin: First I think Jimi, than I think BSG, then I think Withnail & I: does that make it the song with the coolest connotations known to womanity? #berlinwall
@Diziet_Sma: Ha, I didn't watch BSG, and I've never seen Withnail & I…but I love the song b/c of Jimi and Dave Matthews Band. (Yes, I know, a lot of people hate DMB, but dammit, they rock the hell out of this song.) #berlinwall
@bowleserised: Thanks - I already know I'm gonna cry. Probably even before I drink all the Rotkäppchen Sekt to celebrate that my guy and I could meet (he's from the west). #mauerpark
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: It was crazy, even for a 13-year-old here in the U.S. My dad's side of the family was originally from Germany (many generations before Communism), so it was an even bigger deal for him. I mostly remember seeing TV images of lots and lots of people standing on the wall and hollering happily. It was one of those points in my life that I remember a distinct sense of things changing, even though I didn't really know what they were at the time. #kadewe
@la.donna.pietra: Thanks. I feel like I kind of missed out on that one. All the defining cultural moments of my life have been tragic and horrible. Plus a lot of my friends who are only a few years older than me all remember it, I was just a little too young. #kadewe
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: That event symbolized the beginning of the end of the Cold War as well as the weakening of European communism, which was a huge deal to me since I grew up scared of Soviet nukes flying into my town. #kadewe
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!! This was going to be my exact comment.
I do! I do! #mauerpark
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If I weren't ill, I go join the Mauer Mob
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