Our trip to Berlin

When we got off the boat to Berlin we headed not to the city we were docked at but to the train station. This particular German train, an average train, was much more spacious and much more convenient than the average New York subway. It was beautiful as we sped by the German countryside in our luxurious locomotive. We even saw some cows.

When we got there, Berlin was instantly one of my favorites because it was so modern. It was a shame that it got bombed flat by the allied forces in WWII. Just imagine living in a pile of rubble. At the end of the war, the allied forces kept flying over Germany but this time for different reasons. They dropped food over Berlin while it was rebuilding itself and during the terrifying time of soviet rule. They even dropped candy. But the city is now almost completely rebuilt. Some fellow Germans feel that Berliners will never give up. Speaking of Soviets and their German occupation of East Berlin, they were so precautious about the other side managed by the allied forces. The Russians hated the allied forces so much they built a deadly wall between the two sides and surrounding the entire city. On top of that wall were posted hundreds of guards, dogs and tank barriers. The guards had orders to shoot anybody who tried to escape to the other side of the city and they did. But some people did escaped. Some of them were guards themselves.

In 1989 when the Soviet Union fell and Russia became Russia and Estonia became Estonia, the whole city began chipping away at the wall and blasting it and knawing away at with chain saws. When the wall came down the two sides met each other like old friends. And after the horrible reign of the U.S.S.R., the city has rebuilt itself once again.