The Reichstag

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There can be no bystanders in the battle for survival. Anyone who will not fight by your side is an enemy you must crush.

We are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend. We cannot afford mercy for any of its victims too weak to take the correct course. Mercy destroys us; it weakens us and saps our resolve. Put aside all such thoughts. They are not worthy of those in the service of country.

The Zugspitze, highest peak in Germany. I am scared shitless of heights, so this place was a bit of a problem for me.

Two of the summit




Two views to the world below

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There can be no bystanders in the battle for survival. Anyone who will not fight by your side is an enemy you must crush.

We are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend. We cannot afford mercy for any of its victims too weak to take the correct course. Mercy destroys us; it weakens us and saps our resolve. Put aside all such thoughts. They are not worthy of those in the service of country.

Finally, the Theresienwiese. This is the festival grounds where Oktoberfest takes place. Snapped this picture of the Theresienwiese during Oktoberfest. IIRC, this was a Tuesday night, and one of the least busy. Beer tents are on the left.

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There can be no bystanders in the battle for survival. Anyone who will not fight by your side is an enemy you must crush.

We are at war with forces too terrible to comprehend. We cannot afford mercy for any of its victims too weak to take the correct course. Mercy destroys us; it weakens us and saps our resolve. Put aside all such thoughts. They are not worthy of those in the service of country.

If I got this right, there should be a beatiful Russian owned Karelian Antrea.

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En uneksi. I do not dream.

And What is left of my grandfathers Karelian farm.

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And hence this IS about historical places; Location where Finnish army halted the Soviet onslaught, Summer offensive of 1944.
-Place is called Tali-Ihantala.

This is where the largest battle in the history of Nordic lands was fought.

As it was during the battle, there is next to nothing else save huge boulders and open grass-fields.

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Trier is a beautiful city.

So is Luxembourg City. And the people of Luxembourg, at least during Patton Days, are the friendliest people I ever met anywhere as an American.

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...Old Europe, a once-dominant region now reduced to sucking at the geopolitical teat of America... they spent the better part of the last millennium conquering the world and taking the good stuff home with them... And what do they get for their troubles? Ungrateful colonies demanding their independence. And after you taught them how to play cricket!...

-Jon Stewart

La virgen del panecillo, a big monument in Quito. (Smurf is mine...)



The Basilica in Quito.



Monument to my boy Simon.

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"Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world, and behold I guard it until it is ablaze."
Gospel of Thomas

Are you Ecuadorian?

My wife is, we'll be heading down to Quito in May. It'll be my first trip but she grew up there and still has a bunch of family.

Other than these things what else would you recomend as far as historic sites go? Anything worth visiting?

Kinda off topic but: We were researching airfare the other day for the trip and found tickets for $380 round trip. We decided to hold off till the following day to pick them up because they were so cheap she though that maybe her parents would want to go too, in which case we'd get 5 tix.

By the following day the prices had shot up $250. Crazy. (Note: this all occured post-financial system meltdown so I can't imagine what could have effecte fare that drastically in less than 24 hours.)

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...Old Europe, a once-dominant region now reduced to sucking at the geopolitical teat of America... they spent the better part of the last millennium conquering the world and taking the good stuff home with them... And what do they get for their troubles? Ungrateful colonies demanding their independence. And after you taught them how to play cricket!...

-Jon Stewart

I'm Colombian. Well, my dad is, I was born here in the states. I spent the summer working in Ecuador with friends of a friend of my dad. Old Quito is gorgeous (I think it's a UNESCO site?), full of churches and all sorts of things. Probably one of Ecuador's main attractions is the natural beauty, the mountains, the jungle, the galapagos, etc.

I didn't spend a lot of time touristing though. It's not really my thing anyway. *shrug*




Plane tickets are more fickle than women!

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"Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world, and behold I guard it until it is ablaze."
Gospel of Thomas

Luxembourgers have actually a reputation of beeing slightly rude , but maybe this has only come up in the last couple of decades and towards our geographical neighbours.
You were seriously there in or shortly after WW II ?