The first person narrator in "The Wall Jumper" refuses to accept the reality of the Berlin Wall. He travels back and forth from East to West, as though the Wall didn't exist.
In Berlin, the prevailing winds are from the west. Consequently a traveler coming in by plane has plenty of time to observe the city from above...More ...
As long as I've lived in West Berlin, I have treated the structure that is considered a state border over there and a tourist attraction over here as simply an inconvenience. For the first time now, I decide to visit the Wall...More ...
The border between the two German states, and especially between the two halves of Berlin, is considered the world's most closely guarded and the most difficult to cross...More ...