tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649998555110344694.post2115974725228347935..comments2023-08-06T03:40:13.771-07:00Comments on The Man of Mode: Cold War ModernSir Fopling Flutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17682136001703653592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649998555110344694.post-55406210196233004152008-11-06T20:18:00.000-08:002008-11-06T20:18:00.000-08:00I was at the V&A, but needed timed tickets and...I was at the V&A, but needed timed tickets and just didn't have the chance... too much else to look at, too!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649998555110344694.post-88552535841147578542008-11-02T12:15:00.000-08:002008-11-02T12:15:00.000-08:00Easy and Elegant - It must have been a strange exp...Easy and Elegant - It must have been a strange experience. There are some clips on YouTube taken from old home movies with people wandering around West Berlin or taking a train through no-man's land. Hard to imagine today.<BR/><BR/>Similar to your story, I recently met a Russian woman who lived in Washington DC in the early 80s as the wife of a Russian diplomat. She was VERY limited as to what she could do outside the embassy compound.Sir Fopling Flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682136001703653592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649998555110344694.post-57088713549289261632008-11-02T10:35:00.000-08:002008-11-02T10:35:00.000-08:00Nice posts. I loved the country side.Nice posts. I loved the country side.António Errehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504473746352900063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649998555110344694.post-66267245483281174172008-11-02T08:54:00.000-08:002008-11-02T08:54:00.000-08:00I had the (in retrospect) surreal experience of vi...I had the (in retrospect) surreal experience of visiting Berlin with my parents in the 1970's. Because of my father's position as an Army officer, we were only allowed within a certain distance of the Wall. It was straight out of "Holidays in the Sun": "I'm looking over the wall and they're looking at me...."Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.com