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The bear ate the milk and cookies, earning the name "Santa." - IMG 4646
I hope that plastic tasted good. - IMG 4645
bear aftermath - IMG 4640
Standing in front of our building, looking down the block on our last evening. - IMG 4639
Our brauerei under the train tracks, site of our last meal. We would have taken you here if you'd come to visit. - IMG 4638
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A few memento shots: this place we passed often and occasionally ate in. - IMG 4636
This was one of the three things the owner of the flat had hanging on the wall. Creepy? - IMG 4634
We pack up! - CIMG2465 (Large)
Bryan and Leslie peek over the wall of a cemetery. (Michael's) - IMG_4626.JPG
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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. - CIMG2459 (Large)
Michael takes advantage of a toilet we pass on the sidewalk. (Michael's) - CIMG2454 (Large)
We get an on-screen picture of people who buzz our apartment. Those crafty Germans! (Michael's) - IMG_4623.JPG
Big tower in honor of Prussian military victories. Pock-marked with bullet holes, like everything 50+ years old in Berlin. - IMG_4622.JPG
We followed the thumping music through the park to this random music festival. Together, we make street fairs happen. - IMG_4621.JPG
whee! - IMG_4620.JPG
playing on big guns - IMG_4593.JPG
We enjoy a ham sandwich. - IMG_4591.JPG
our favorite Creedence cover band - IMG_4590.JPG
Some of the stands were quite elaborate. - IMG_4589.JPG
Leslie orders two varieties of hefeweissen, hell and dunkel (light and dark). - IMG_4588.JPG
another shot of the crowds and stands - IMG_4586.JPG
Bryan enjoys our favorite beer of the event, Augustiner hefeweissen from Bavaria. - IMG_4584.JPG
We stroll through the weekend beer festival along Karl Marx Alley. The trees mask the ugly East German buildings. - IMG_4547.JPG
GE is evidently in the banking business. - IMG_4546.JPG
Location of the first Pilsner Urquell (THE pilsner, created in a nearby village) poured in Prague. - IMG_4544.JPG
Bryan teaches Leslie how to play poker. - IMG_4543.JPG
Having blown out our feet, we retreat to a beer garden snuggled in between some old church walls. - IMG_4542.JPG
St. Vitus Cathedral: started in the 14th century, finished in the 20th