Over the wall...

Berlin and Leipzig, 16-21 Mar 02

places

Berlin...

postdam place
The Potsdamerplatz, scene of one of the biggest redevelopments of the last decade. What was a DDR mess has become a top entertainment complex, with balloon rides, a slightly cocked hat, and about 30 cinema screens.

fine art
Fine art at the Potsdamerplatz.

parliament
Weaver takes the Bundestag by storm!

memorial church
The Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedachniskirche. Built in the 1890s, almost destroyed during the war, rebuilt around the shell. It's the new bits that need most repair, naturally.

clock
The famed water clock in the Europa Center. A very clever regulated design of water that takes forever to figure out.

train View from a train, somewhere around Tiergarten looking north.

Potsdam...

brandenburg gate
This is the *real* Brandenburg gate, at the seat of the Land of Brandenburg. The construction site in Berlin doesn't really count.

charlottenhof
This is the palace built for Frederick the Great. It features fine vinyards that grow grotty grapes. This is Germany, and northern Germany to boot...

rooftop detail
Rooftop detail from that house.

chinease tea house
Details from the Chinese Tea House. Sadly, Herr Rupert Giles was not at home.

neues palais
One of the outbuildings of the Neues Palais, now used by the Leipzig University.

Leipzig...

town hall
The old Rathaus, by the market place.

nicholas church
The Nikolaikirche, from where the seeds of revolution took root.

People...

tanya + thomas
The Mushroom and her beau.

rike
Just in case you forgot from where Ulrike came.

rich
Ulrike and Richard Carlson.

the front