Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Kiosk

 

Checkpoint Charlie, Germany

McDonald's

 

The McDonald's at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany

Mauermuseum

 


Berlin, Germany

Checkpoint Charlie

 


I actually have a long history with Checkpoint Charlie, some of which predates the fall of the so-called Iron Curtain. So it was with not just a little bit of emotion that I took these photographs--can you believe?!--the balcony of a McDonald's.


All I will say is that it is a very good thing that it now exists as only a museum piece or, if you will, a monument to freedom. Have any stories of your own to tell about the Berlin Wall? Please share them, if you can.