I'm a Jelly Donut! (Part 2) (Berlin Day 2)

Well, we get separated into 3 groups, I was part of the 3rd group, but that doesn't really matter, what matters is that my tour guide was a guy by the name of Randall, you will see in from time to time in the background, the one with the dreadlocks. Our first stop was Neptunbrunnen (Neptunes Fountain). I had already taken a picture of it, so I figured no need for another one. So the next stop was the... ummm... I can't remember the name right at the moment (Found out that its called Marx-Engels-Forum). It was built by the Russians for the people of East Berlin for the 850th birthday of Berlin? I think I got that right. What did they put up? Statues of Karl Marx and another communist that I can't remember the name of off the top of my head. (Found out that it was Friedrich Engels), that's what got put up, plus a couple of other stone slabs showing the German Socialist Movement.

Well, after that brief visit, we rode onto the "Building of the Republic", I think (Actually it was called Palast der Republik or Palace of the Republic, I was close! It WAS the Berliner Stadtschloss (Berlin City Palace), but was heavily damaged in WWII and later demolished by the GDR) Obviously, I'm going to have to edit this later because I can't remember half of the names that we visited. Well, you notice that the building is under construction, because when it was rebuilt by the russians, they used lots of concrete! And from that construction they also added quite a bit of Asbestos, not intentionally, and well, it was later condemned. It's only now that its being rebuilt. There were two other buildings right next to the "Building of the Republic" (Ahem, Palace of the Republic), one was once the Horse Stables of the "Palace", (which I did get a picture of, its number 23) and the other building that I got a shot of was once the face of the "Palace" (If I can remember right), but it was kept by the Russians and placed on a more "modern building", with glass windows all over the face of the building. Can't remember what the building #22 was, I'll have to check the web for it, but it wasn't really on the tour at that point. Just briefly mentioned by Randall.