Thursday, June 23, 2011

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

A few awesome things about cruises...
1-The food- we'll talk about the food eating machine man later...
2- Not having to carry around luggage anymore because your hotel comes with you...
and 3- You go to sleep and wake up in a new country!
Our first stop on the cruise was Germany!
We were in a town that was three hours out of Berlin, so we signed up for a tour with Michael's grandparents. The bus ride allowed for a much welcomed, long nap.
I must admit, Berlin is a city with some major history, but also a lot of scars. It was kind of grim to see a city still restoring from WWII, Nazis and Soviets. It's just amazing how much this city has seen. Our tour was on a bus for most of the trip so most pictures were taken from the bus window. Sadly, I did not capture the nude sun bathers in the park. Sorry. Maybe next time...


Recognize this building from "Valkerie?"

Hitler's bunker where he killed himself is under there...
Check point Charlie...
Where the wall used to be...
A part of the wall
WWII Memorial
Brandenburg Gate
Germany's Parliment Building


Good times...there's a few more pictures where that came from. But i'm doing my best to condense the amazingness!

2 comments:

  1. Perfect Timing! We're off to Berlin here in alittle over a week and those are some places we want to see!

    Well...minus the nude whatever in the park :)

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  2. I love love love cruises! I especially love that you pay for everything up front and then don't have to stress about expenses during your trip.

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