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Standing in front of our building, looking down the block on our last evening.
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Our brauerei under the train tracks, site of our last meal. We would have taken you here if you'd come to visit.
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A few memento shots: this place we passed often and occasionally ate in.
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This was one of the three things the owner of the flat had hanging on the wall. Creepy?
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We pack up!
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Another vegetable-based meal, featuring those yellow mushrooms with the unpronounceable German name that were in season.
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My alphabetized German word list had to be documented before I donated it to Michael.
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Michael builds a memorial to the fallen bees who he slaughtered in his jam as they tried to eat our breakfast.
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Bryan and Leslie peek over the wall of a cemetery. (Michael's)
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Bryan spots an armadillo in a fanciful sculpture. I think there's at least a 50% chance the artist thought it was a mythical creature.
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Michael takes advantage of a toilet we pass on the sidewalk. (Michael's)
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We get an on-screen picture of people who buzz our apartment. Those crafty Germans! (Michael's)
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Big tower in honor of Prussian military victories. Pock-marked with bullet holes, like everything 50+ years old in Berlin.
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We followed the thumping music through the park to this random music festival. Together, we make street fairs happen.
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whee!
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playing on big guns
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another night out at the Kunsthaus Tacheles
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Just back for his second stint in Germany, we take advantage again of our overlapping weeks.
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Hey, it's Michael!
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Amazing three-person self-portrait! (Michael's)
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Leslie and Bryan failing to find a vein thanks to the blue-lighting. (Michael's)
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We conducted our own pub crawl on Friday night. And, actually, Saturday night. (Michael's)
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Bryan and Leslie in our kitchen. (from Michael's camera)
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TV tower at night, from the front door of our apartment building.
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natives!
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We take a jaunt to a lake outside Berlin for some afternoon swimming.