Monday, October 10, 2011

Berlin


Altes Museum (the large stone basin out front was supposed to go inside, but they forgot it wouldn't fit through the pillars)


Memorial to the Victims of War and Tyranny


Humboldt University


Monument at Humboldt University to the 20,000 books burned
by the Nazi regime


Brandenburg Gate


Hotel Adlon near Brandenburg Gate, where Michael Jackson infamously dangled his son Blanket out the window


Our tour guide at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe


Bear Hug


Small Fry


Location of underground bunker where Hitler committed suicide


Remnants of Berlin Wall with Trabants, the most common car of former East Germany


Checkpoint Charlie


German Cathedral at Gendarmenmarkt Square


Annette at Berlin Cathedral


Rick's new friend...no lie


New and Old


Glienicke Bridge between Berlin and Potsdam, known as the "Bridge of Spies"
during the Cold War


Location of Potsdam Conference between Churchill, Stalin, and Truman


The "Other Brandenburg Gate" in Potsdam


Statue of Moses in prayer, supported by Aaron and Hur
(group of marbles at the Church of Peace, Potsdam)


Friedrick the Great's Sanssouci palace in Potsdam