we did the tourist thing and booked the highly recommended insider tour ,they run numerous tours covering the history of berlin etc ,we went for the hitler final days of the third reich tour ,our guide cesar was brilliant ,a real knowledgeable chilled out guy, the tour is mainly focussed around the tiergarten area ,our first stop was at the victory column ,victory over whom was the question posed by some of the less learned on the trip ,one side of the base in particular had the most bullet damage to the polished red granite as the red army pushed its way through towards brandenburg gate , the block built bullet pocked building you see is the underground tunnel entrance to the tower 056.jpg061.jpg065.jpg063.jpg060.jpg062.jpg059.jpg057.jpg066.jpg after here we visted the reichstag ,i was trying to imagine a red army soldier waving his flag ,after gathering our thoughts we crossed over the road for some liquid refreshments 068.jpg069.jpg
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