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| The Wannsee |
Happy 1. of October! Can you believe it?! Excuse me ~ where has September gone?!
Before we get deep into the Holiday Season, I thought I'd show you some more pictures from my recent trip to Germany. If I wait any longer, they'll be old news...
My dad and I drove to Berlin for a couple of days of sightseeing there. It had been a few years since I had been there and it was every bit as beautiful as I remembered.
It amazes me how a big city can have such large areas of nature, woods and lakes.
My dad has friends who live in Berlin and they are always the best tour guides.
We saw amazing art exhibits, beautiful buildings, ate great food and enjoyed everything with sunshine and blue skies.
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| Holocaust Memorial |
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| Humboldt University |
Daniel and I had been to both West and East Berlin several times before the wall came down. When you are in this modern and bustling city now, it is strange to remember what it was like before.
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| I. M. Pei's extension of the German Historical Museum |
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| Berlin Cathedral |
The cathedral had been under construction last time we visited.
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| Inside the "New Museum", which houses the famous and beautiful bust of Queen Nefertiti. |
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| Old ruins were incorporated into the modern structure. |
The
New Museum fascinated me in that the ruins that were left after it was badly damaged during WWII were preserved and integrated into the modern structure.
It was beautiful!
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| Inside the Cathedral |
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| The "Old Museum" |
This was the view from on top of the
Humboldt Box, which is worth reading about
here.
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| A model of the center of Berlin in 1900 inside the Humboldt Box. |
On the way home, we stopped in Magdeburg, which was such a surprise to both of us. I'll share pictures from that day in another post!
On the home front, Daniel is trying hard to get over a very persistent respiratory virus and I am deep into my paints again. I'm painting something completely different for me. It has me so excited that I've been having trouble going to sleep at night because I keep thinking about it. That is the good kind of insomnia...
And as soon as I post this, I am off to my studio again. We are having dreary days. I wish I could say cool and fall-like, but we are expecting a humid 87℉ or 30℃again today. A perfect day to play with paints!
Wishing you a most wonderful start to your week!
❧ Silke
