1st May is a public holiday here...celebrating the "workers"...it's a Northern Hemisphere thing, epople here are amazed we do not celebrate it in Australia. An extra day off to spend with the family, so we are not complaining!
We took the kids to the Tierpark Zoo, over in the old "East" Berlin. The zoo was built on the former grounds of the Friedrichsfelde Palace. the palace and gardens were taken over by the GDR. It was decided to use the grounds for all the people. The castle still exists in the middle.
It is quite a large zoo, and a good collection of animals. Here are the kids in front of the kangaroo statue (although there were no kangaroos in the zoo...only wallabies), and a photo of the new baby elephant, only 1 month old! Very cute!, but hard to get a photo of, he didn't stand still for very long!
We have been in Berlin for over a year now, and still are not used to the locals taking their dogs (and some of them are very large dogs!) into the local shopping centres, department stores, cafes etc....well today was the icing on the cake. You are allowed to bring your dog into the zoo! I have never seen anything like it. People took their dogs into the "big cat" hall. You should have seen these pumas, lions, tigers, panthers etc react to the dogs. The dogs probably look like a great afternoon snack! Amusing to say the least.
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The zoo outing looked like fun but taking your dog everywhere including into the zoo?!! Okay, now that is just bizarre!!!
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