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- 1989 – The Berlin Wall
Earlier this week as the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall came and went, I thought about all the wonderful times I had in Germany before that date serving in the British Army.
There were occasions when tensions appeared to get a little too hot, but as our young men and women demonstrate everyday in Afghanistan, you have no fear when young.
It if were not for the fall of the wall and the Iron Curtain, led by Polish Solidarity, we would not have had such easy access to parts of the Via Egnatia as we had this year, and it is this freedom to act and to travel that may help to save the ancient road and promote new bonds of friendship. Those who take part in the Via Egnatia’s Caravan along the route in 2010 will continue to enhance those bonds.
Polish Solidarity
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1989 Opened up the Via Egnatia
Posted in Future Activities, General Comments, tagged 1989, Albania, Balkans, berlin wall, iron curtain, Istanbul, Kosovo, Macedonia, polish solidarity, Serbia, Via Egnatia, Via Egnatia Foundation on November 14, 2009| 1 Comment »
Earlier this week as the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall came and went, I thought about all the wonderful times I had in Germany before that date serving in the British Army.
There were occasions when tensions appeared to get a little too hot, but as our young men and women demonstrate everyday in Afghanistan, you have no fear when young.
It if were not for the fall of the wall and the Iron Curtain, led by Polish Solidarity, we would not have had such easy access to parts of the Via Egnatia as we had this year, and it is this freedom to act and to travel that may help to save the ancient road and promote new bonds of friendship. Those who take part in the Via Egnatia’s Caravan along the route in 2010 will continue to enhance those bonds.
Polish Solidarity
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