I have not posted in awhile.  I have been wrapped up with schooling, job hunting and preparing for my next adventure into Germany and Prague.  If you have been following me, you are well aware that I spent some time in Berlin and consider it a place very near and  dear to my heart.  I am approximately a week away from departing for Europe.  This trip is part solo and part group.  I will be flying into Munich, then taking the train to Prague for a few days  and then finally into Berlin for our reunion.  Mind you, this is not your typical high school reunion.  This one is pretty special.  I will meet classmates from several different classes and generations while we attend the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

This is not a typical vacation. I do plan on sight seeing and enjoying the experience of visiting another country, however  I am preparing myself for not what is just a vacation for me, but a chance to reconnect with friends and make new friends.  Being a military brat is a unique experience where you moved from place to place, made new friends, changed schools, experienced different cultures.  I truly believe that living in Berlin during the Cold War was probably the best assignment as a brat that you could have.    One thing about myself and my classmates is that no matter what generation you were, how close you were in high school , we all share this unique connection that only those that lived in Berlin could understand.  The Cold War was something many of us remember.  It was the biggest threat of our generation at that time.  But to live in Berlin, a city in the middle of a Communist country surrounded by a wall, the Cold War had a whole new meaning.  I feel fortunate that I had such an opportunity to experience the life I did and it has made me who I am.  More importantly I feel blessed that I have friends all over the world that regardless how close we were in high school or even if we lived in Berlin at the same time, that we share that unique bond and experience that makes us family.

Recently,  two of my classmates gathered stories from Berlin Brats from various generations and put together a book that captures the essence of what life was like living in Berlin during the Cold War.  I just received my book today and look forward to reading and reminiscing about what life was like in Berlin at that time.   This is not just another book.  This is a glimpse of what mine and other lives were like living in a divided city during the Cold War in the sixties, seventies and eighties.  The book is by Yoshika Loftin Lowe and Trisha A. Lindsey.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of this book

https://www.createspace.com/4863523