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Two landmarks: The Rotes Rathaus (Red Courthouse)--essentially city hall, and a fountain with Neptune lording it over four rivers. - IMG_4572.JPG
The Fernsehturm (TV tower), part of every view - IMG_4573.JPG
St. George kicking some dragon ass - IMG_4575.JPG
A bear, Berlin's mascot - IMG_4576.JPG
TV tower and courthouse peek over the edge of Nikolaiviertel, the reconstructed Medieval square/tourist trap. - IMG_4578.JPG
Nikolaikirche, Berlin's oldest church. - IMG_4579.JPG
interior, now a museum - IMG_4580.JPG
I stumbled upon an empty church shell, now a sculpture garden. - IMG_4581.JPG
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Our meals at home have steadily involved more vegetables and less meat. Here, a spanish tortilla and assorted roast veggies. - IMG_4584.JPG
We stroll through the weekend beer festival along Karl Marx Alley. The trees mask the ugly East German buildings. - IMG_4586.JPG
Bryan enjoys our favorite beer of the event, Augustiner hefeweissen from Bavaria. - IMG_4588.JPG
another shot of the crowds and stands - IMG_4589.JPG
Leslie orders two varieties of hefeweissen, hell and dunkel (light and dark). - IMG_4590.JPG
Some of the stands were quite elaborate. - IMG_4591.JPG
our favorite Creedence cover band - IMG_4593.JPG
We enjoy a ham sandwich. - IMG_4594.JPG
entering Sachsenhausen concentration camp - IMG_4595.JPG
The Soviets' memorial to the victims of the camp. Well, the communist victims anyway. Statues in classic beefy style. - IMG_4596.JPG
path down to the execution trench. seriously creepy. - IMG_4597.JPG
Rocks mark the trenches filled with human ash. - IMG_4598.JPG
a non-soviet memorial - IMG_4599.JPG
remains of the gas chamber, execution room, and crematorium - IMG_4600.JPG
yeah, those are just what you think they are. - IMG_4601.JPG
bacon-flavored chips, actually quite good - IMG_4602.JPG
I finally obtain some satisfactory fruit and commence "free-form tart" baking. - IMG_4603.JPG
lacking a rolling pin... - IMG_4605.JPG
yes, very free-form - IMG_4608.JPG
We visit a very cool museum of musical instruments and take this one picture showing how they get that black glossy piano finish.