Today I went to visit the Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park - it was an amazing place. One thing I have noticed in Germany, is that when they create a park, they spare no expense. I didn't know, until I got home, what the significance to this particular park was, but it was to commemorate the 22,000 Soviet soliders that were killed in the 'battle to take Berlin', in April-May 1945, at the end of WWII. More than 7,000 Red Army soliders, killed in the battle, are buried in this park (in the middle sections), and more are buried in two other parks in Berlin. Hopefully you can tell, from my photos, what a neat place this was. Flat Tony is in two, and then the other two are just meant to show you the main portion of the park - I would highly recommend this as a "must visit" for anyone visiting.
On the bummer side...I didn't get to eat lunch at White Trash Fast Food. It took me about an hour to find it, but turns out that on Saturdays it doesn't open until 6pm. :( So, I enjoyed the area for a while and then I came back to Tempelhof and enjoyed my Schwarma Cheese (my Lebanese chicken wrap) and am in for the night.
I'm not sure what, if any, excitement tomorrow will hold but I wish you all a wonderful Saturday.
Go Irish!
Good-night and God-bless,
from Berlin
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