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Centrum Warenhaus Suhl DDR 1989

Wilhelm Pieck Str 11, built 1966-1969. A smaller cousin of the main store in Alexanderplatz in Berlin.

I had left Erfurt after a few days, registered with the police there, and was now en route to Eisenach by way of crossing and re-crossing the Thueringer Wald. Between Erfurt and Schleusingen a DDR Volksarmee reservist opposite me had consumed 4 (FOUR) large bottles of beer, opening one full bottle with another. The descent from the summit to Schleusingen was accompanied by continuous squealing of the brakes on the steep descent. I think a class 119 Romanian made diesel was in charge. The final leg was from Meiningen to Eisenach. Somewhere in the middle of this was a bus ride.

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Uploaded on October 12, 2008
Taken on October 12, 2008