Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Berlin Wall






Talking to our host family about the Wall, I was really surprised to see the resentment that is still there. The Feists are from what used to be West Berlin, and they described how what was formerly East Berlin has gotten all the funds and money so that East Berlin is way more up to date and high tech than West Berlin is. They talked about feeling neglected by the government and having to pour their tax dollars into fixing the East when they were seeing nothing for it in their own homes. While a little bitter, they did agree that the East needed the help, but they wished they would get a little help as well.

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