Rapes during the Battle of Berlin, and my Reichstag guide

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14. Interesting.

Maybe he was just uncomfortable with the topic of rape? Was he an older gentleman?

Traveling can bring on lots of strange experiences. I was in St. Petersburg (Russia) in 2004. My girlfriend and I were heading into the terminal to take the night train to Moscow. We passed a little street band, who for some reason assumed we were German (I guess there are lots of German tourists go to Russia, the band members heard us talking a foreign language and just assumed we were German?) So they began playing "Deutschland uber Alles". It sounded very strange to my ears, let me tell you! We said, "No no, we're American, USA!" and they broke into a ragged version of "The Star Spangled Banner." Of course we put some rubles in their cup. I was tempted to quiz them on their knowledge of national anthems (Finland, Greece--San Marino, Nepal???) but we had a train to catch.

Very weird experience though.

I love to travel. I just wish I had the time and money to do more of it.