Another day, another park. Today's was Treptower Park (bottom right of the map) which runs along the river Spree and is full of Berliners - even naked Berliners - hanging out in the sun. It is split in two by a road. On the river side there are ponds, BBQ areas and a harbour where loads of passenger boats leave for their tours up and down the river (and a massive fireworks display this Saturday). On the inland side there are meadows and woodland surrounding an enormous Soviet memorial to commemorate the soldiers who dies in the Battle for Berlin. According to wiki, there used to be a theme park but the owner went bankrupt and took some of the rides off with him to Peru! A definite for anyone travelling in South America surely.
I didn't actually run through the park but did see all the boats returning to moor up for the night from the other bank of the Spree where you can run along the river. Lots of people packing up their rugs, frisbees and picnics at the end of the day. As I ran back I came across a load of people at the start of their night, watching a rather unlikely but beautiful sunset: across the railway tracks towards Warschauer Straße S-Bahn. Not as impressive a skyline as around Waterloo, but one that is feeling more and more like home.
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