Leipzig

On the train ride from Munchen back to Berlin, we passed through Leipzig, one of the cities with the most remaining visible signs of WWII. Although we didn't get off and walk around, the sights from the train were truly powerful. Nearly half the city looked exactly as it had following allied carpet bombings, leaving behind an enormous carcass of a once prosperous industrial city. Entire city blocks stood in grim reminder of the war - half-standing factories with broken windows, charred walls and crumbling smokestacks. All I can really say, which does the sight no justice, is that war really, really sucks.