Ron and Jeanne's trip to Germany
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| Isartor in Munich |
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| Isartor was first built in 1337 |
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| Tegensee, in the German Alps, south of Munich |
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| Mathis and Ron hiking |
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| It was cold and rainy and snowy |
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| But really pretty |
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| We went back to town |
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| and had beer |
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| With Irene in the English Garden |
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| On the way to Hamburg. There are lots of farms. |
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| This looks like grapes. They also grow rapse, solar panels, and windmills. |
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| By the Elbe river in Blankenese |
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| Blankenese is a beautiful suburb of Hamburg |
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| The Elbe is really big |
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| Irene and Wolfgang |
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| Nice houses in Blankenese |
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| Holzentor in Lübeck |
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| Rathaus and Rathaus Markt in Lübeck |
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| Inside Marienkirche in Lübeck |
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| The story of building the church |
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| The devil and a young friend |
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| Buddenbrooks house: Thomas Mann's grandparents lived there. It is now a museum. |
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| Burgtor, Lübeck |
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| Hamburg from the roof of the Patriotische Gesellschaft |
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| Hamburg has lots of water |
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| In the basement of the Patriotische Gesellschaft |
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| More basement. It's actually below water level. |
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| And upstairs, in a meeting room. |
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| Hamburg Rathaus |
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| Hamburg |
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| Busy harbor |
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| really cool big thing |
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| The ruins of Nikolaikirche |
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| Nikolaikirche |
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| A memorial sculpture at Nikolaikirche ruins (a Denkmal) |
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| Berlin, in the Tiergarten |
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| Trabi Safari |
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| Animal rights demo on Unter den Linden |
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| Humboldt University |
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| Reichstag building |
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| Brandenburger Tor. Quadriga on top |
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| Quadriga in bears |
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| Noch ein Berliner Bär |
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| I think I was on Heisenberg street, but I'm not certain. |
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| Houseboats on the Spree river |
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| Dresden |
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| An archaeological dig in the center of Dresden |
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| Frauenkirche |
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| view from almost the top |
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| Dresden center |
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| in the courtyard of the Zwinger |
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| Leipzig |
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| Thomaskirche, where Bach spent most of his career |
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| Bike truck in Leipzig |
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| Weimar celebrates May Day with a Go Kart race |
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| Ron, Donata, Goethe and Schiller |
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| The Rathaus in Augsburg |
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| Der Goldene Saal |
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| The ceiling of der goldene Saal |
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| outside the Rathaus, in the public square |
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| Ron at the Fuggerei. The Fuggerei is public housing, first built in 1521 |
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| Augsburg was a big textile city and has a textile museum. This dress was made from samples from over the years. |
Then we came home.
