ÿþ <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Germany-Summer 2007</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY font face="futura, helvetica" background="back02.jpg"> <p align="center"><font face="futura, helvetica" size="6" color="blue">Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg - Summer, 2007</font></p> <hr size="3"> <hr size="3"> <p align="center"><font face="futura, helvetica" size="5" color="blue">Munich</font></p> <br> <table align="center" size="90%"> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="munich_trainstation.jpg"></td> <td><img src="marienplatz.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Across the street from Munich Hauptbahnhof</p></td> <td><p align="center">MarienPlatz--'touristy, but I love it anyway.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="munich_trainstation2.jpg"></td> <td><img src="demuseum_entrance.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Very frequent, fast trains--95% punctual</p></td> <td><p align="center">The entrance to Deutsches Museum on the Isar River</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="demuseum_coils.jpg"></td> <td><img src="demuseum_biplane.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">A large electricity exhibit-Oliver and Adrian viewing coils</p></td> <td><p align="center">An even larger flight exhibit-past, present, and future.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="demuseum_roof.jpg"></td> <td><img src="marienplatz2.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Adrian looking out over the Isar and Munich</p></td> <td><p align="center">Marienplatz--St. Peter's Tower</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="marienplatz3.jpg"></td> <td><img src="englishgarden.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Marienplatz, the Frauenkirche towers in background</p></td> <td><p align="center">Englischer Garten-a map-any other shot does not do it justice.</p></td> </tr> </table> <br> <p align="center"><font face="futura, helvetica" size="5" color="blue">Berlin</font></p> <table align="center" size="90%"> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="berlin_trainstation1.jpg"></td> <td><img src="berlin_trainstation2.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Berlin Hauptbahnhof from a distance</p></td> <td><p align="center">Berlin Hauptbahnhof</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="berlin_zoo.jpg"></td> <td><img src="berlin_zoo2.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Knut, the big attraction at Berlin Zoo</p></td> <td><p align="center">A long walk back to Los Angeles</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="berlin_scene1.jpg"></td> <td><img src="berlin_adrian.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Adrian-a striking figure before the Brandenburg Gate</p></td> <td><p align="center">Along a half-mile wall--one of many colorful "people's murals" </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="berlinwall1.jpg"></td> <td><img src="berlinwall2.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Approaching the former site of the infamous Berlin Wall</p></td> <td><p align="center">A sign I first remember seeing in James Bond movies.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="potsdam_trainstation.jpg"></td> <td><img src="potsdam_statue.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Potsdam, not far outside Berlin</p></td> <td><p align="center">A statue in a park in Potsdam--revered, not covered. </p></td> </tr> </table> <br> <p align="center"><font face="futura, helvetica" size="5" color="blue">Hamburg</font></p> <table align="center" size="90%"> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_cityhall.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_canal.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Hamburg City Hall from a canal edge</p></td> <td><p align="center">One of many walled tributaries in Hamburg</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_michaeliskirche.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_michaeliskirche2.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Approaching Michaeliskirche (pix from atop the tower follow)</p></td> <td><p align="center">The "old town" and City Hall from atop Michaeliskirche tower</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_dom.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_harbor.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Hamburg has a permanent carnival: Dom. We loved it.</p></td> <td><p align="center">Looking toward the vast Hamburg Harbor</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_adrian1.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_northsea1.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Adrian atop the tower-windblown and blustered</p></td> <td><p align="center">En route to visit the North Sea at Buesum</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_northsea2.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_northsea3.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">A quaint North Sea town-lots of German tourists</p></td> <td><p align="center">First sight of the North Sea-stormy and foreboding</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_northsea4.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_northsea5.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Adrian, chilled more than expected...</p></td> <td><p align="center">...as am I</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="hamburg_northsea6.jpg"></td> <td><img src="hamburg_trainstation.jpg"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="center">Fishing harbor in Buesum</p></td> <td><p align="center">Hauptbahnhof in Hamburg-heading back Austria</p></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><a href="../../index.html">Return to Home Page</a><p> </BODY> </HTML>