Saturday, August 29, 2009

Post, part 2





Because of the way photos upload onto this program, it.s easier to do this in 2 parts.

So next stop was the German port of Warnemunde, where I boarded a train for a 3 hr ride to Berlin. There I took the bus ride I wrote about in a previous post. Here are some photos:


The Brandenberg gate:



Checkpoint Charlie, and all the museums and exhibits surrounding it:




The Reichstag:




Lots of castles, palaces, churches, most of which were destroyed in WWII. What we see now are complete, accurate recreations using rubble and new materials. Amazing.









I'll post about Tallinn later. Iäm almost out of minutes, and other people are waiting to use the station. And I desperately need lunch. Just a preview: I already scored a couple of handspun, handknit lace shawls. Yippee!