I'm surprised anyone could fit into their light weights...

Selection of favorite Berliner food & meals

Is it jus't me or did I notice the rise of socialism in the the current EU about the same time as the wall came down in Berlin.

Frau Merkle is east German and wee man Sarkozy has deep socialist/commie roots from Hungary, don't suppose I'm reading into that too much am I?

Hmmm......Socialism rises to put everyone in debt, and drive economies into the shitter?

Ill get me coat

Originally Posted by Robbo_72

Is it jus't me or did I notice the rise of socialism in the the current EU about the same time as the wall came down in Berlin.

Frau Merkle is east German and wee man Sarkozy has deep socialist/commie roots from Hungary, don't suppose I'm reading into that too much am I?

Hmmm......Socialism rises to put everyone in debt, and drive economies into the shitter?

Ill get me coat

Fuck me you're a moronic idiot.

Jordo, If you have transport, there are numerous ex Soviet Installations still in
Berlin and it's environs.
Here's a few photos taken last year in Furstenberg/Havel (Tank Regiment) PM me for more info....you'll enjoy.
1. Gate Guardian

Originally Posted by Pteranadon

I read somewhere that there were little bits of East Germany on the Western side of the wall. i.e. the Wall didn;t exacty follow the border.

Sometime in the 1970/80s I recall a turkish gastarbeiter took over one of these bits of land as a garden. Some East german came round and told hiom not to, but he did anyway.

The wall did cut corners and there were several exclaves and enclaves. The Lenne triangle was one:

Umbruch Bildarchiv Bilder Fotos: Mauersprung - Besetzung des Kubat-Dreieck 1988 in Berlin

You can see the first wall (with graffiti), the land with the camp on is East Berlin on the wrong side of the wall. Beyond is the death strip with a trench and the the far (clean, painted white for a nice sharp silhouette) wall. This is the area where Hitler had his bunker.

These bits were tidied up in a land swap in 1988:

http://www.berlin.de/imperia/md/cont...51_19_1988.pdf

On the map in the SW by no. 1 you can see, near Babelsberg, a West Berlin hamlet surrounded by the DDR with a single road in.




Google Earth still shows the line of the wall. It's especially clear to the north of Spandau. You can do the same for the Inner German Border, too.

Originally Posted by Robbo_72

Is it jus't me or did I notice the rise of socialism in the the current EU about the same time as the wall came down in Berlin.

Frau Merkle is east German and wee man Sarkozy has deep socialist/commie roots from Hungary, don't suppose I'm reading into that too much am I?

Hmmm......Socialism rises to put everyone in debt, and drive economies into the shitter?

Ill get me coat

Strangely enough she wasn't,born in Hamburg in 1954.

Angela Merkel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad

It's all coming together. Brownie points to the first to ID the lorry.

Crap focus,how about W50/L/LA/LAA.

Can't see the tyres,or front axle,so don't know,sorry!

Originally Posted by RoofRat

Strangely enough she wasn't,born in Hamburg in 1954.

Angela Merkel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It depends on how you define an "Ossie". Her father was from Berlin and became a lutheran pastor. Her motherwas born in Danzig, which is still a point of contention for some. ;) Landser - Polaken Tango - YouTube

Although she was born in Hamburg her father was appinted as pastor to a church in East Germany and the yoiung angela was educated in the DDR.

Originally Posted by Pteranadon

It depends on how you define an "Ossie". Her father was from Berlin and became a lutheran pastor. Her motherwas born in Danzig, which is still a point of contention for some. ;) Landser - Polaken Tango - YouTube

Although she was born in Hamburg her father was appinted as pastor to a church in East Germany and the yoiung angela was educated in the DDR.

All correct,however the family members had no travel restrictions put on them,and went back and forth across the IGB frequently,due to their West German Passports.

On a personal note,I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her,that's less than an inch,and her father even less,given the privileges they had as a family,whilst living in the DDR.

Originally Posted by RoofRat

Crap focus,how about W50/L/LA/LAA.

Can't see the tyres,or front axle,so don't know,sorry!

Ah, a qualified spotter. I was focussing on the bike. Even got the bloke's fizog in his mirror, good drills, ahem.