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柏林--
這個大家耳熟能詳的城市﹐
在過去的歷史中佔有重要的角色與地位﹐
它充滿了戰爭與對立。
但大部份人們對柏林的了解﹐
大約都只能從以往的歷史課中獲得,若未親身拜訪柏林是無法體會的

很幸運的我﹐
在2008年8月中有個機會到柏林一遊。
當我進入柏林的那刻起﹐
我便喜歡上這個城市﹐
而且自然地感受到置身其歷史氣氛中。

到了柏林﹐
不能錯過的當然是拜訪柏林圍牆。
雖然它沒有像中國的萬里長城雄偉﹐
但它卻是歷史中最重要的一道牆
它不只是一個熱門的觀光景點﹐
而是世界新舊時代的一個分隔。

當我站在柏林圍牆前的那一刻﹐
雖然距柏林圍牆倒塌已有19個年頭﹐
但它的歷史卻沒有因圍牆倒塌而消失﹐
那種特殊的感覺我無法用言語表達﹐
我想每個人只能自己親身去造訪及體會。

整個柏林城市位於東德境內﹐
當時東德政府為防止人民逃亡西柏林﹐
便於1961開始建造柏林圍牆﹐
並稱它為 "反法西斯保護牆"
此後便有無數人為了自由而設法逃亡西柏林﹐
但成功者卻只有五千人左右﹐
而失敗及死傷者不計其數。

柏林圍牆在1989年倒塌是個意外
當時的中央政治局委員--Günter Schabowski
誤解了來自上級的指令而意外的宣佈對柏林圍牆的開放﹐
也因此﹐人民走上街頭並拆毀城牆。
隨著柏林圍牆的倒塌走入歷史﹐
也漸漸結束了東德的專制時代並促使日後東西德的統一。

我推薦大家有機會一定要拜訪柏林這個特別的城市。
它沒有太多的商業及聚集的購物區﹐
但他卻有一股特殊吸引人的魅力。
我想我會再次拜訪這個充滿歷史的城市。

Berlin--a famous and known city has played an important role in the history. However, most of us (especially people from Asia) only have the knowledge from school's history lessons and no chance to visit and feel it in person.

Fortunately, I had a chance to visit the city in summer 2008. At the very first moment, I love the city right after I entered the city and I can strongly feel the atmosphere of the city.

You definitely cannot go to Berlin without visiting the "Berlin Wall." Although it is not like the Chinese Great Wall, it is the most important wall in the world's history. Berlin Wall is not only a hot tourism spot but more important is it is a meeting point of modern and old era, democracy and dictatorship, freedom and enslavement, humanright and oppression.

It is already 19 years after the "Wall" falling down when the moment I stood at the Wall, but its history and meaning did not get disappeared. I cannot describe my feeling with words and I think everyone can only feel it in person.

The city is located within East part of Germany. In order to prevent people to escape from east Berlin to west Berling, the East Germany government started building the wall in 1961. However, there were a lot of people still trying to run away after. But only around 5000 people successed and there were uncountable number of people failed, injured and died.

The falling of the wall was actually an accident. Günter Schabowski misunderstood the instruction from the leaders and he accidently announced that the wall is opened on November 9th in 1989. Thousands and thousands people walked on the street and tore down the wall. Therefore, the wall became part of the history and it gradually impel the reunion of both sides one year after.

I strongly recommand people to visit Berlin if you have a chance. Berlin doesn't have many business or a shopping area, but it has a special attraction. I am sure I would love to visit this special city again in the future.