Album 0003: Berlin - Oct 30, 99 - #1

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Old restored building.  The horsehead on the wall denoted a 'carter', 
who you could hire out to haul things for you.
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Restored courtyard
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The building in the middle is typical old Communist East Berlin. 
The buildings away from the public eye were run-down.
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Jewish hospital.
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Old and new - restoration work in progress.
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A very ornate old postal facility.  
It was built with gold extorted from the French way back.
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A very ornate old postal facility.  
It was built with gold extorted from the French way back.
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New Synagogue
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New Synagogue
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Another unrestored East Berlin building.
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New Synagogue - restored, but not to it's former glory.  
It was burned and mostly destroyed by the Nazis.
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The Leo Baeck House houses many Jewish organizations now.  
Note the policeman.  All Jewish facilities have a full time police guard.
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Tour boat on the Spree River
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Note the tower.  These were more common in the suburbs and were built to try and 
take advantage of any breezes in the hot summers of Berlin.
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This is our tour guide Terry giving us a history lesson illustrated by a map of Germany drawn in the sand.
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Our guide Terry showing us a section of the Berlin wall.
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A section of the Berlin wall at a train station called 'The Palace of Tears'. 
It was called this because it was a gateway between the east and west sides of Berlin. 
A tremendous amount of heartbreak was felt in this place - when family members visiting 
the east side returned to the west and had to leave their loved ones behind.
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Subway station sign.
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View of Unter den Linden Strasse
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In the middle of Unter den Linden looking towards the Brandenburg gate.
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In the middle of Unter den Linden looking away from the Brandenburg gate.
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Brandenburg Gate
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Brandenburg Gate
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Tom Rooney at the Brandenburg Gate
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Doug at the Brandenburg Gate
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The gate by itself.
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The newly rebuilt Adlon Hotel - the best in Berlin.
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Just under the Brandenburg Gate
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View of the Reichstag - the seat of the German government
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Reichstag
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Newly restored building with fence around it to keep the graffiti artists away.
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One of the few large building that survived the bombing during WWII
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Soviet embassy (I think).
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The top of Hitler's bunker - soon to be buried under new construction.
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A large section of the Berlin Wall.  Note how much of it has been chipped away by people wanting a piece.
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The Wall.
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The guy I bought a piece of the wall from - holding a picture of himself chipping pieces off.
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construction everywhere
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The Wall