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The cozy apartment near Adenauerplatz in Charlottenburg

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Showing off our kleinegruppe pass on the 100 Bus heading across town from the Zoo through the Tiergarten to Alexanderplatz

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Alexanderplatz

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The iconic radio tower

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Staying warm on the train!

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At the East Side Gallery near Ostbahnhof; the Bruce inspiring an acolyte!

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The polizei were everywhere...and we seemed to be on the wrong side of the barrier!

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Ah well...no worries!

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Dancing to reggae at YAAM

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Little did we know that the police and media presence at YAAM was for "The Hoff" (David Hasselhoff) and a rally for the preservation of the East Side Gallery

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The Bruce and his acolyte plotting a course

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Strausberger Platz U-bahn station before a walk down Karl Marx Allee to the Cafe Sibylle

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The Ampelmann with Superman on the way to Unter den Linden

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Crossing the Spree River

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The Reichstag parliament building where the current Bundestag (legislature) meets

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The Reichstag dome

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Each of the four towers on the Reichstag represents one of the four kingdoms united by Kaiser Wilhelm in 1871: Saxony, Wuerttemburg, Prussia, and Bavaria.

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Three silly American tourists (photographed by the fourth)

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These mirrors direct light into the legislative chambers throughout the day. They are also a symbol of transparency.

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"Dem Deutschen Volke" means "For the German People"

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Ampelmann!

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A snowy train station in Berlin

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Brandenburg Gate

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Commerical tourism at its best (or worst?!)

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Walking through the Brandenburger Tor

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A view of the Reichstag dome from the Brandenburg Gate

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This double cobblestone path through the city marks where the Berlin Wall stood from 1961 to 1989.

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A section of the Berlin Wall covered in gum

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LegoLand Discovery Center at the Sony Center near Potsdamer Platz

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Electric Car2Go, charged and ready

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A snowy morning in Charlottenburg

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Adenauerplatz platform

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Cold bikes

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Cold platform

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Potato counting wallpaper at the Neue Nationalgalerie

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The Gemaeldegalerie

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The Kammermusiksaal where we saw an Anatolian folk group perform as part of the Maerz Musik Festival.

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LegoLand giraffe covered in snow

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Enjoying a warming bowl of pho near Oranienburg

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First shot of the morning outside the apartment

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Having a laugh on the train

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Waiting on line for tickets to the Neues Museum on Museum Island to see Nefertiti

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Seth, the Egyptian god of chaos. Our nephew Sam looked exactly like this for Halloween one year.

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Walking between the Neues Museum and the Pergamon Museum

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Athena battling the giants inside the Pergamon

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