DougFolkerts > Pieces of "The Wall" for sale. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > Souviners for sale. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > The car is an East German Tranbant. It's body is made of a plastic like material. It has a two cylinder, two stroke engine. 

Two stroke engines require oil to be mixed with the gasoline. These cars smoked pretty bad everywhere they went. 

An East German embraces capitalism by selling chunks of the wall. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > In January of 90, approx two months after the wall "fell", Germans could cross the border at a hole in the wall near the Brandenburg Gate. Everyone else was still required to cross via the allied controled checkpoint Charlie.

These folks were coming into the West from East Berlin. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > Germans crossing from East to West. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > Germans crossing from East to West. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > More Germans crossing. As I watched them, I wondered how many were leaving the East for good, perhaps unsure if this opportunity would continue. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
Pieces of "The Wall" for sale. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
DougFolkerts > Pieces of "The Wall" for sale. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
Pieces of "The Wall" for sale. Taken in February 1990. Two months after the Wall fell.
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