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Thursday
20 September 2001
My Diary's 4th Birthday

We awoke in Chemnitz, and after getting some necessities, we headed to the train station. I was excited because we got to pass by the giant head, as we did when we drove into the city. At the hotel we had learned that the 7.10 meter high bronze head on a pedestal covered with Ukrainian granite (which was created by the Soviet sculptor Lew Kerbel in 1971) was the head of Karl Marx, appropriate because the city had been named Karl Marx before its original name was restored, at the time of reunification.

In the afternoon, we boarded a train for Praha, which got derailed, resulting in us arriving in the city 2.5 hours later than expected.

 

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