Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Potsdam Weeks 4 - 7

at Nauener Platz, Potsdam





Up close section of remaining wall- area behind was the "no man's land" between walls.


Only remaining full section of The Wall


Friend from Cottbus (near Polish Border) at Caputh windsurfing site.




Merry with chief of staff for the Potsdam Burgermeister (mayor)




Wine break on the Elbe






Dresden





Leipzig (east Germany) train station - western commercial dropped though the floor.




Inspecting the how fig trees were kept alive behind doors in the winter.







Sans Souci Palace of Frederick the Great in Potsdam


We biked to Cecilianhof where the Potsdam Conference of 1945 was held.


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Week Three

Neues Palais evening concert - Potsdam

Merry with our new German friends

St. Catherine's Cathedral- 15th century high gothic- Brandenberg

Ceceilienhof, site of 1945 Potsdam Conference

19th Century Russian Cottages- Potsdam

Interior of Jewish Museum- Berlin by Daniel Liebskeind

Reichtag (capitol dome)Berlin- note people

St. Mary's Church with German Democratic Republic Communications Tower-Berlin