I have mixed feelings about this invasive species. They bully the domestic ducks (although on this day, it was the other way around), and they are inelegant flyers, somehow, but they ARE cute and colourful with amazing plumage. Here from a visit to Volkspark Friedrichshain on 30 May.
Since dogs are not allowed in cemeteries here, I thought I would squeeze in two of them this week. First, I swung by Volkspark Friedrichshain.
The route on Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/tour/388854275.
On the way to the park, I passed this memorial in Danziger Straße, which seems to double as a Corona memorial right now:
There are several memorials in Volkspark Friedrichshain. The memorial to Polish soldiers and German anti-fascists is is one of them:
More impressions from the park:
Before going walkabout in the Georgen-Parochial Friedhof I, I stopped for coffee (so nice to be able to do that again) at Café Nonna just inside the entrance. Cafés near entrances to cemeteries is a thing now.
Impressions from the cemetery:
On the way to the Jewish Cemetery in Schönhauser Allee, I came across this cozy bathtub scene in a not particularly cozy street:
Impressions from the Jewish Cemetery:
And finally, also in the Jewish Cemetery, I came across these relatively new ornaments. I wonder what that means in a very old cemetery which is no longer in use (but open to the public and a green oasis):
