Last weekend was 4 days long - May 1st being a public holiday and the company giving us Friday off as well. This Thursday is also a public holiday, and the company have given us Friday off as well. As you can imagine, this is great! So this weekend will be spent in Berlin.
The reason for the holiday tomorrow is that it is Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), the day when the Second World War came to an end. I like the fact of all the participants in the war, the Czech Republic is one of the few countries still to mark one of the most important dates in world history. This is after all the day when unimaginable slaughter in Europe finished. So many men far younger than I am know died so that we can enjoy the freedoms which we so often take for granted. It is good to remember their sacrifice.
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