Prague

train ride from Berlin to Prague

astrological clock in the old town square

it chimes every hour (second most overrated attraction in
Europe, according to our tour guide), notice the trumpeter
at the top

statue in Old Town Square

Church, Old Town Square

last remaining concert house where
Mozart himself performed

Jewish quarter

close-up of the oldest, still-operating synagogue

Czech composer whose music was being
listened to when the Americans landed
on the moon. Americans had the first man
on the moon, but the Czech's had the first
music - which they are very proud of.

Charles Bridge (Praha = Prague)

me on the Charles Bridge w/ Prague Castle in the background 

band on the Charles Bridge

Seagulls

John Lennon Peace Wall

We all shine on (with my initials below, which I didn't even write)

Love Love Love

one of my contributions, from the song Paul wrote
for John after his death

I love you, John
xxx xxx
Carly, 2011

Why don't we do it in the road?

It's only me. -John

Take these broken wings and learn to fly...
Margaret 2011

me and the wall

apparently Prague is trying to copy Cologne with the whole
padlock thing...

Piss Sculpture (the pool they're pissing into is shaped like
the Czech Republic)

Prague Sewer Cover

Charles Bridge

State Theatre, where we saw Cinderella (the ballet)

Cathedral at Prague Castle

The Czechs were big fans of defenestration (i.e. throwing people
out windows). The defenestration that took place at this
window sparked the Thirty Years War.

inside the castle

looking over Prague

a grey day, but the red roofs of Prague show through

Jewish Museum that has a room full of
drawings by Jewish children in the
concentration camps. Many drew the journey
home to Prague, which barely any of them
would make.

tombstones in the Jewish Cemetery that inspired the
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

Jewish Cemetery

Berlin

The Pergamon Museum

The Pergamon Altar

Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral)

The hotel where Michael Jackson dangled his baby over the balcony!!

Holocaust Memorial - modeled after the Jewish Cemetery in Prague

walking through the Holocaust Memorial -
the concrete slabs get higher and more imposing
as you walk towards the center

cold, uneven ground - some of the blocks are tilted, too

a chunk of the Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie - one of the checkpoints between East and West Berlin

French Church

German Church - since the French got one, the Germans needed one too
the German one is about a meter taller

a quote from a dude in the 19th century: 'What begins with
burning books, ends with burning people.'

Memorial to Nazi Book Burning
a window in the ground shows a room filled with empty bookcases beneath

Deutschland!

I.M. Pei addition to the German History Museum

Berlin Sewer Cover

From the top of the Reichstag (German Parliament Building)

inside the dome on the top of the Reichstag
the only way to get to the top of the Reichstag is by getting
a reservation to the restaurant up there

Berlin
So, Margaret and I made a reservation to the restaurant.
We went through all the security and got up onto the roof.

Me on the top of the Reichstag
Once up there, we didn't actually go to the restaurant
(breakfast for 17 euro!!) - we just went up the dome :-)

Reichstag

me at the Brandenburg Gate

Horse

Margaret and me with the horses (one of whom is eating the
buttons on Margaret's coat)

art museum

East Side Gallery
a section of the wall turned art gallery

artwork

the wall gallery

We stayed with Kara (a Williams alum)
and her husband, Reiner, who lived here