For my semester abroad 20 years ago, we lived in Koln, but the West German capital of Bonn was just "eine hop, ein uberspringen und ein sprung" away, so when I heard that Gorbachev was coming to town to visit Helmut Kohl, I skipped school and went to stand outside the gates to catch a glimpse of him. You can barely make out the limo speeding past at the very right of the photo, but it still felt historic.
Amazing Race Aside: I would much rather have preferred to have babushka'd women cheering Gorby on that day much like in the St. Petersburg potato challenge last week. Instead, it was just a handful of celebrity seekers and the odd paparazzi or two joining me along the fence!
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