Leipzig Zoo

Today, we visited the Leipzig zoo, and the Saint Nikolai church. At the zoo, we saw some animals that I didn't know about (like lung fish and common squirrel monkeys). It was very interesting to see the habitats of a variety of different animals. We also got to see the underside of an alligator from a viewing area that was below the level of the water.

St. Nikolai Church is famous for having been the meeting place for East German people who were tired of the Communist government. Starting in October of 1989, they would gather peacefully at this church and march into the town square (which is the largest town square in all of Germany) and protest the government. The feelings that these people had eventually spread across all of East Germany and West Germany. And in early November of 1989, the wall in Berlin that separated the two countries was smashed apart. East Germany became a capitalist democracy, like West Germany and two countries became one.

The church                                                                                                                   The zoo