Comments on: Where I was 20 years ago… https://glendalarke.com/2009/11/where-i-was-20-years-ago/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:31:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Peter https://glendalarke.com/2009/11/where-i-was-20-years-ago/#comment-20325 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:45:06 +0000 #comment-20325 I also grew up with the cold war and the escalating military one-upmanship. There was the Cuban Crisis, missile silos, stealth bombers, Siberian gulags and the general misery of oppresive communism within the CCCP.

Then came the first signs of the roll back with the success of Polish Solidarity movement and our hearts lifted.

Then came the fall of the Berlin wall with joyous reunion of east and west Germans.
It was like the first breath of fresh air taken since the end of WW2 and a highly emotional time.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2009/11/where-i-was-20-years-ago/#comment-20324 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:14:16 +0000 #comment-20324 It was amazing, living in the midst of it all…

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2009/11/where-i-was-20-years-ago/#comment-20323 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:04:12 +0000 #comment-20323 I was here in North America when it happened. I don't remember it impacting my consciousness as much as it did yours Glenda. Just surprised it had all happened so quickly.

]]> By: Satima Flavell https://glendalarke.com/2009/11/where-i-was-20-years-ago/#comment-20322 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:36:27 +0000 #comment-20322 A glorious day – yet there was also Tiananmen Square.

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