Comments on: Berlin day tour: Checkpoint Charlie http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/ going places, seeing the world one happy step at a time! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Berlin landmarks and tourist attractions: One day tour | Happy Steps travel blog http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-21660 Berlin landmarks and tourist attractions: One day tour | Happy Steps travel blog Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:21:20 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-21660 [...] Checkpoint Charlie (via subway) – Located in the Friedrichstadt suburb, this is one of Berlin’s historical attractions – a crossing point in the Berlin Wall which separated East Germany and West Germany at the time of the Cold War. [...] [...] Checkpoint Charlie (via subway) – Located in the Friedrichstadt suburb, this is one of Berlin’s historical attractions – a crossing point in the Berlin Wall which separated East Germany and West Germany at the time of the Cold War. [...]

]]> By: ivanova http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-15437 ivanova Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:23:45 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-15437 My stay in Berlin will be great if I book a cozy <a href="http://www.getreadyberlin.com/" rel="nofollow">apartment Berlin</a> and if I can visit all this beautiful places My stay in Berlin will be great if I book a cozy apartment Berlin and if I can visit all this beautiful places

]]> By: Stanley Dilley http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-12592 Stanley Dilley Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:57 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-12592 In 1987, my family was returning from camping in the Eastern Block, driving our RV from Poland, across East Germany trying to reach West Berlin, when we took the wrong exit and ended up under arrest in East Berlin. We were eventually released through a remote checkpoint. We followed a serpentine path of bariers though no-mans-land while twin machine guns traced our path. The barrier was closed at the American side, so I had to pound on the door of the building. An American Staff Sergent came to the door saying that the barrier was closed and we were crazy to want to enter. I explained to his incredulous expression that we wanted out not in. I don't know which checkpoint we used. There were three American checkponts, Alpha, Beta and Charley. It wasn't Charley, so it must have been one of the other two. Could someone send pictures of these checkpoints as they looked before the wall came down. I am certain I will recognize the one we used. In 1987, my family was returning from camping in the Eastern Block, driving our RV from Poland, across East Germany trying to reach West Berlin, when we took the wrong exit and ended up under arrest in East Berlin. We were eventually released through a remote checkpoint. We followed a serpentine path of bariers though no-mans-land while twin machine guns traced our path. The barrier was closed at the American side, so I had to pound on the door of the building. An American Staff Sergent came to the door saying that the barrier was closed and we were crazy to want to enter. I explained to his incredulous expression that we wanted out not in.

I don’t know which checkpoint we used. There were three American checkponts, Alpha, Beta and Charley. It wasn’t Charley, so it must have been one of the other two. Could someone send pictures of these checkpoints as they looked before the wall came down. I am certain I will recognize the one we used.

]]> By: Wordless Wednesday: Berlin street scenes | Happy Steps travel blog http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-10833 Wordless Wednesday: Berlin street scenes | Happy Steps travel blog Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:34:25 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-10833 [...] Berlin day tour: Checkpoint Charlie [...] [...] Berlin day tour: Checkpoint Charlie [...]

]]> By: betchai http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-10715 betchai Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:16:03 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-10715 very crisp night pictures Carey, the sandbag barrier somehow adds more character to the street scenery. very crisp night pictures Carey, the sandbag barrier somehow adds more character to the street scenery.

]]> By: happysteps http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-10712 happysteps Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:18:55 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-10712 Hi Sandy! You're welcome and thanks too for advertising here. Yes, so many lives were lost during that time. Most notable was the death of the teenage Peter Fechter who tried to escape from the East Germany side and was shot by the guards, he slowly died and the Allied troops looked helplessly, they can't rescue him as he was still on the Soviet side. :( Hi Sandy! You’re welcome and thanks too for advertising here. Yes, so many lives were lost during that time. Most notable was the death of the teenage Peter Fechter who tried to escape from the East Germany side and was shot by the guards, he slowly died and the Allied troops looked helplessly, they can’t rescue him as he was still on the Soviet side. :(

]]> By: Sandy http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-10708 Sandy Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:07:34 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-10708 Stopped in to say thanks for placing my ad, it's appreciated. I do very much remember this time in history, always gave me such sad feelings knowing friends and family were separated. Some lost their lives trying to get to the other side. Stopped in to say thanks for placing my ad, it’s appreciated. I do very much remember this time in history, always gave me such sad feelings knowing friends and family were separated. Some lost their lives trying to get to the other side.

]]> By: Berlin day tour: Checkpoint Charlie | Berlin Travel http://www.happysteps.net/2009/07/17/berlin-day-tour-checkpoint-charlie/comment-page-1/#comment-10704 Berlin day tour: Checkpoint Charlie | Berlin Travel Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:40:28 +0000 http://www.happysteps.net/?p=962#comment-10704 [...] The visitors and tourists who know the background behind Checkpoint Charlie consider it as one of Berlin’s significant and historical attractions. During the Cold War, it was a crossing point in the Berlin Wall separating East Germany and West Germany. The name of the checkpoint came from the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet as designation for Allied checkpoints. For instance, other Allied checkpoints were Checkpoint Alpha at Helmstedt and Checkpoint Bravo at Dreilinden in Berlin. More here happysteps.net [...] [...] The visitors and tourists who know the background behind Checkpoint Charlie consider it as one of Berlin’s significant and historical attractions. During the Cold War, it was a crossing point in the Berlin Wall separating East Germany and West Germany. The name of the checkpoint came from the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet as designation for Allied checkpoints. For instance, other Allied checkpoints were Checkpoint Alpha at Helmstedt and Checkpoint Bravo at Dreilinden in Berlin. More here happysteps.net [...]

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