Germany & Poland July, 2005

Me at the Brandenburg Gate

This is what The Brandenburg Gate looked like at the end of WWII.

Street Performer at Unter den Linden

Location of Former Checkpoint Charlie

The Crosses are a memorial to those who tried to cross the Berlin Wall and were killed. The other picture was no man's land in East Berlin.

Berlin Cathedral

Inside the Berlin Cathedral

The Siegeseule--I climbed to the top of it.

Berlin from the Reichstag

The Reichstag Cupola

Sans Souci at Potsdam

Dad, my brother & his wife, and I and Sans Souci

Potsdam Windmill

Belvedere House at Sans Souci

Palace at Potsdam

Chinese Tea House

Sans Souci Gardens

At The Spreewald

Spreewald

Homes at the Spreewald

Spreewald home

We went to this restaurant after the Spreewald. It was at a former train station.

A recreated Slavic Fortress outside of Berlin

Old Town Dresden

Dresden looking at the Frauen Kirche

Dad & I at the Zwinger

The Furstenzug

Inside the Hofkirche in Old Town Dresden

Meissen, Germany

Old Town Meissen

Meissen Town Square

The Gate to the Albrechtsburg

The Albrechtsburg in Meissen

Inside the Meissen Palace (Albrechtsburg)

Inside the Palace/Castle

Courtyard of the Meissen Cathedral

Ceiling in the Cathedral

Moritzburg Palace in Germany

Bytow, Poland Tutonic Knight Castle

Me inside the Bytow Castle

The Town of Gostomie where our family line started in the 13th century. Me with my dad, brother & sister-in-law.

Gostomie wooden church

Old Wooden Church in Sominy, Poland

Typical Polish town/village in Northern Poland-Sominy

Typical 18th Century Kashubian Home

Gdansk, Poland

Street Performer in Gdansk

The Port City of Gdansk