Nowadays, Checkpoint Charlie is a big tourist attraction. I now have a South African neighbour, Frank Odei-Addo and he got dragged with to see what's happening at Checkpoint Charlie.
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| Self-explanatory...not sure how long that flag will still be there though, it's not looking to healthy |
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| Frank loves to pose...behind him is a piece of the Berlin wall. |
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| Frank again at the border post |
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| One can buy fridge magnets with this sign on as well - if that is your thing. |
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| I don't know who this guy in the uniform is, but here's another view |
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| A bit of moolah (10E methinks) you can get a picture with some "American soldiers" at the former border post |
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| You can also choose which country's military hat you want to wear |
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| You can have your passport stamped. For 10E you can get all the stamps. I only got the former DDR stamp for 2E. This guy got very excited when he saw I'm from South Africa and wanted to talk about Bafana-Bafana. Pity I have no interest in soccer and couldn't say one meaningful thing about the boys. But I could talk a bit about the World Cup... |
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| What it looked like in the before-days |
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| As I went to Potsdam, I thought I'd take a picture of this as this was the only thing I knew of Potsdam - from Std 6 history. |
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| I don't know why this balloon is in the sky saying something about the world, but I liked it. |
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