Thursday, November 10, 2011

Tuscany, Italy

Cypress Trees


Tuscan Village


The Fiat Panda we rented to traverse Italy


Our Lodging in Pienza


Our Room in Pienza


Tuscan Village


Basilica of St. Mary of the Flower - Florence


Gelato in Florence


Street in Florence


Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Rome, Italy

Pantheon


Governmental Building at Night


Trevi Fountain


Dome of St. Peter's Basilica


Vatican Museum


Vatican Museum


St. Peter's Basilica


St. Peter's Square, Basilica, and Obelisk


Delizioso!


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


Monday, September 05, 2011

Israel

View of the Old City


Garden of Gethsemane


The Lions' Gate, one of seven open gates in Jerusalem's old city walls


Pool of Bethesda


Rooftops in Jerusalem


Dome of the Rock shrine on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem


The Western Wall, or Wailing Wall


Orthodox Jewish man and boy


Masada


Annette with Dead Sea in the background


Rick floating in the Dead Sea


Covered with Dead Sea Mud


Caesarea