Ron's parents came to visit us for a few weeks in May - it was so great to see them - we certainly kept them busy seeing as much as possible during their time here.
While they were here we went off to Berlin for a long weekend as well. Quite an interesting city with so much recent history to soak in - it's really unique in that the (mostly) restored, historic buildings are mixed in with many new very modern buildings. It's so scary to think how recent all the atrocities that went on there were - very sobering reading through the history at the various museums and monuments. Interestingly, it seemed to be quite a party city as well, which is not what I would have expected - we were there during some soccer tournament and the city was filled with rival fans in jerseys chanting everywhere - even on trains.
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| Topography of Terror - it was interesting to ready how Hitler came to power - all his mind games, etc that allowed it to happen |
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| East side gallery - The Wall |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Riding the rails!! |
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| TV Tower |
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| Zur Letzten Instanz - Authentic German pub from 1621 |
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| Checkpoint Charlie museum |
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| Parts of the Wall at the Topography of Terror |
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| Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe |
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| Brandburger Gate |
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| Reichstag building |
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| The Berlin Dome |
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| East Side Gallery - the Wall |
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| East Side Gallery - the Wall
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| East Side Gallery - the Wall - we wrote our names!! |
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| The Changing of the Guards at Amalienborg Palace - in the rain!! |
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| Klampenborg Galobane - for some horse racing |
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| Mons Klint - just under 2 hours south of Copenhagen - beautiful!! |
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| Frederiksborg Castle |
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| Raegan had her horse riding competition at Tattersall academy |
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| These beautiful yellow flowers covered all the fields outside of the city - amazing |
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| A Nyhavn canal cruise |
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| Interesting art by the harbor after dinner |
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| Christiansborg Palace |
