I'm glad you liked my birthplace and want to return there! :) Great post, as always.
One tiny correction: Brandenburg Gate itself was part of the Wall and inaccessible from West Berlin (also, as heavily mined as the rest of the Wall). There was a platform near Brandenburg Gate, however, which allowed the occasional glimpse.
Now I'm curious what you've made of Wittenberg (near where my mom was born and grew up) ...:)
One tiny correction: Brandenburg Gate itself was part of the Wall and inaccessible from West Berlin (also, as heavily mined as the rest of the Wall). There was a platform near Brandenburg Gate, however, which allowed the occasional glimpse.
Now I'm curious what you've made of Wittenberg (near where my mom was born and grew up) ...:)