Post-breakfast gazing
On the castle's grounds
Getting fresh
Gardening in progress
Stopping
Nest niche
The nest
Halfway down
Schloss Eckberg
Close to the river
Just above the vineyard
Our room is the one on the right, second floor
Nicely maintained grounds
Outdoor tables
Tower at a jaunty angle
Straight on
The driveway
Sneaky American
The non-castle accomodations, not too shabby either
Heading back upstairs
At the landing
The spacious trunk
One slightly-larger-than-carry-on suitcase and a smashed backpack, no problem
One of many custom signs
Found a few bugs on the autobahn
Saying goodbye to the sweet machine
Our now-illegal Berlin AirBnB apartment
Looking the other direction
Tiny! The lower right cabinet is the fridge
View from the patio
Checkpoint Charlie, about five blocks away
Farewell, American sector!
Unsurprisingly, there's a McDonald's just inside the American sector
Relocated wall section
Showing a bit of wear
The west side
Giant jumble
Holocaust Memorial
Bleak but moving
Lots of subtly titled concrete
Looking down a row
Getting lost
Emerging from the maze
Brandenburg Gate top
The full gate
Full but not completely overrun
Reichstag
Paul-Löbe-Haus
Reichstag, the seat of the German Parliament
The dome peeks out
The dome
Another view of Paul-Löbe-Haus
Weiße Kreuze - memorial for those killed at the Wall
Spree River and the Fernsehturm Berlin (TV tower)
Shorn off
Peek through the cracks at the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer - wall memorial park
Reconstructed tower
Wall placeholder
Ackerstrasse, before, during, and after
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer
Building outlines
Cross from the steple of the Reconciliation Church
More outlines
Former death strip
Open park
Route of former tunnel under the wall, through which 57 escaped
Remants of the inner wall
At the inner wall
City plan
Wall down the middle
Chloe and her crazy green beer
Now that's taste!
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