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The old U.S. Embassy location. |
The new location, right on Pariser Platz next to the
Brandenburg gate. |
Pariser Platz and the Brandenburg Gate. |
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The Quadriga on top of the gate. |
The outline where the Berlin wall used to be
located. |
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. |
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Walking through the memorial. There's 2,711
concrete blocks. Laid out in a grid, but different heights and
elevations. |
Shot of the elevation change. |
Battle damage. |
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Site of the Fuhrerbunker, where Hitler and Eva Braun
committed suicide. Basically a parking lot now. |
The only sign that lets you know what was once
here. Germany made a conscious effort to not draw too much
attention to the site. |
The Berlin Wall. |
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Close-up look at the construction of the wall. |
The smooth, curved top of the wall made it difficult
to climb over. |
Checkpoint Charlie Museum. |
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Checkpoint Charlie. |
Mock checkpoint, which looks absolutely nothing like
the actual thing. |
Cafe Adler, where all the spies used to hang out. |
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Reinforcing the wall. |
Wall graffiti. |
Berlin Wall exhibit. |
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The Konzerthaus. |
Either the Deutscher Dom or Franzosischer Dom.
They are on opposites sides of the square in front of the
Konzerthaus. |
The second of the twin churches. One church was
built for one group, a second group bitched and moaned about it, so
then they got the exact same church built for them. |
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Library or university. I forget which. |
Pretty sure this is part of a university. |
The Palast der Republik (Palace of the
Republic). It used to be home to the Volkskammer, the East
German parliament. Now it's being demolished. |
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War memorial near Museum Island. |
Inside the war memorial. |
The Marienkirche and the TV Tower. |
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Just the Fernsehturm (TV Tower). It's 1200 feet
tall. |
The Reichstag. Home to the Bundestag, the
German parliament. |
On top of the Reichstag, looking at the dome.
You can spiral your way up to the top. |
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Inside the dome. |
The view of the hauptbahnhof (train station) from the
Reichstag roof. |
Very top of the dome. |
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Looking down. |
Memorial to the 96 members of parliament murdered by
the Nazis. |
Statue of someone famous. |
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Hotel Adlon, where Michael Jackson dangled the baby
out the window. |
Don't worry, they aren't dead. |
Monument to Soviet Soldiers, located in the
Tiergarten. |
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T-34 Tank. |
"Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in battle with
the German fascist occupiers for the freedom and independence of the
Soviet Union." |
Statue outside the hauptbahnhof. |
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Potsdamer Platz. |
Inside the Sony Center. |
Berliner Dom. The largest church in
Berlin. Built because Emperor Wilhelm II felt Berlin needed a
big, old looking church like the rest of Europe. |
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Side view of the Berliner Dom. |
Fending off a lion attack, on the steps of the Altes
Museum. |
Side view. |
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Doing a better job than the other one. |
Berliner Dom in the background. |
Altes Museum (Old Museum). |
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The Pergamon Altar, inside the Pergamon Museum. |
The Gigantomachy frieze that lines the entire
room around the Pergamon Altar. |
Some serious ass kicking. |
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The entire frieze is one huge battle between the
Gods and giants. |
Poor schmuck is getting his ass kicked by a girl. |
Excavated gate. |
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Greek statue. |
Lion mosaic lining the hall up to the Ishtar gate. |
The Ishtar Gate, the eighth gate to the inner city of
Babylon. |
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Lions. |
I see dead people. |
Tiled fountain from Babylon. |
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A more realistic lion. |
Inside the Altes Museum. |
Greek statue. |
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King Amenemhet III statue. The Egyptian Museum
is currently in the Altes Museum, but is scheduled to relocate in
2009. |
Another Egyptian sculpture. The museum probably
would have been more impressive if I hadn't been to Egypt a couple
months prior, but it was still worth going to. |
Busted nose. |
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Carved stone container. |
I think this was found in a tomb. |
Another carved stone container. |
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Nefertiti, with a freaky looking eye. |
More normal looking profile view. |
Egyptian war ship. |
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Part of a casket. |
Lion headed goddesses. |
Pub crawl. |
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Absinthe to go! |
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Drunken ping pong. |