BERLIN
DEC 2011 / JAN 2012

Arrival Thursday December 29

City Tour Starts at piece of Berlin Wall

 

  

Check Point Charlie Area                                                       Tom (West) Mary (East)
                                                                                             double brick line = old wall location

 


( images above from Tom Gallagher)


KaDeWe Department Store

    
Linda, Warren, Bob, Dianne, Lynne, Tom, Mary


Friday December 30

Christmas Market by French Church

 



Brandenburg Gate Visit
   
 
 

                                                                                                           Unter der Linden with TV tower

 

Coffee break at Hotel Aldon  (borrowed image)

 

 Saturday December 31

Neuse Museum Visit

(borrowed image)

Egyptician Collection
    


                                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                     (borrowed image)



New Year Eve

 

 

                              Dianne, Kevin Arawjo, Jack

(above  images from Tom Gallagher)



( image from Barb Seitzinger)  Georgia, Dianne and Ginny


  

Jack, Warren, Lynne, Dianne, Ann, Bruce, Mary and Tom                                        ( image from Tom Gallagher)

 

 

 

January 1st (Happy New Year)



(borrowed images from program)

 




 

 

                           
January 2nd off to Dresden


       


                                                          (borrowed image)                                            Ann, Bruce, Dianne and Jack


   Saxony Palace

 

Interior Courtyard                                                       Exterior ceramic of history of rulers

       Palace Treasury Museum Collection
   (borrowed images)

    

                                          Gold Clock                       Gold Figure  with Coral             Large Green Diamond



Gold, Silver, Porcelain Figures (India Sulton Celebration)


Dresden Frauenkirche: Work started 1994 re-consecrated 2005

   
(borrowed images)


        Dresden Opera House

                               

 

January 3rd off to Leipzig

Haus Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum

 

 

(borrowed image)                                                                               Georgia, Deb, Ginny, Barb and Dianne

 

Bach Museum

 


                                                            (borrowed image)  

 

Thomaskirche

 

      

 (borrowed image)                               Dianne, Barb and Ginny

 

 


Bach Window and Luther Window (borrowed images)  

 

  

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                  ( image from Barb Seitzinger)

 

 



                                                            (borrowed image)                                                     Jack, Dianne, Ginny, Deb, Barb and Georgia

 

   January 4-6  to Bremen and Bremerhaven

Bremen Musicians from Brother Grimm's Fairy Tail


    

 

 

   



 


photo circa @1900 (borrowed images)


Bremen / German History Museum (Focke-Museum)

      

Bremerhaven / German Emigration Center


Re-creation of Departure Dock / different languages and dress
   

 

Re-creation of Ocean Liner Quarters

 

 
 

 





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