I truly enjoyed reading this story. Brought back a lot of memories of Berlin and the duty train. Love an adventure and there were plenty of them for us BRATS!
I'm afraid that it just scratches the surface. I also recall that the station-master always played the sound track from the movie "Dr. Zhivago" ("Lara's Theme") when the Duty Train arrived at 6 am at the Berlin station. I'm sure that was somebody's sense of irony in light of all the "Russian" check points the train had just passed through to get to W. Berlin (and would pass through again on the evening's return trip to Frankfurt).
So many adventures. Share them, because for those who didn't live them, the real adventures will seem almost inconceivable, like AI hallucinations. Thanks for the comment! Steven
I truly enjoyed reading this story. Brought back a lot of memories of Berlin and the duty train. Love an adventure and there were plenty of them for us BRATS!
I'm afraid that it just scratches the surface. I also recall that the station-master always played the sound track from the movie "Dr. Zhivago" ("Lara's Theme") when the Duty Train arrived at 6 am at the Berlin station. I'm sure that was somebody's sense of irony in light of all the "Russian" check points the train had just passed through to get to W. Berlin (and would pass through again on the evening's return trip to Frankfurt).
So many adventures. Share them, because for those who didn't live them, the real adventures will seem almost inconceivable, like AI hallucinations. Thanks for the comment! Steven