--Cameron and the egg
--Infectious diseases
--2 Truths and a Lie mixer in Warsaw
--Reproposal
--Shopping, shopping, shopping
--"Joanne!"
--Crashing funerals (plural)
--Taxi driver humor in Berlin
--Roses
--Cameron photobombing random tour groups
--Hot chocolate adventures
--Room check jokes
--The kid who kissed my feet
--Sera's suitcase adventures
--Waiting for the restroom at Polish gas stations
--Trying to buy tram tickets with zlotys and groszy
--Canadian Catholic music?
--Getting dirty looks from shopkeepers in Warsaw
--Lightheadedness from jet lag--where are our taxis?
--Birkenstock mania
--"Ms. Bridsen!"
--LOTS of wind
--Gus as a goat
--Viki's favorites
--Ampelmann
These are just a few of the things we will remember. You may have your own things to add to the list from your free time, conversations on the bus, and more. Feel free to let me know if I missed anything, and I can add to the list.
FLIGHT AND BERLIN
Alexanderturm
The Red House (both because it's red and because it was communist)
Marienkirche and Viki
Die Hackeschen Höfe
The beautiful courtyards
Fake bird
Propped up tree and rose courtyard
Ampelmann
Ironic?
Checkpoint Charlie Museum--using the Wall to skip school
At the wall
Erich Honecker, arrested by the Nazis and later the leader of East Germany
Mildred Harnack, the only American woman executed on Hitler's orders for her involvement with the Rote Kapelle (Red Orchestra) group
Berliner Bär, the symbol of the city--these bears can be found around town
The Alexanderturm forms its cross in the sunlight. The Soviets hated that!
The Jewish Museum, with its interesting architecture and three axes
The Torah writing machine
Memory Void, representing the void left by victims of the Holocaust. Try walking across these metal faces without making a sound.
The confusion and void of the hallways
Richard teaches us about Platform 17/18
Telephone booth library
Neighbors walking up the hill to the platform
Holocaust Memorial Berlin. My camera was acting up, so these shots required a lot of editing to make them turn out even this good.
Artistically edited Brandenburg Gate shots. Bummer about the exposure on these!
TRAIN AND WARSAW
Ever heard of Marie Curie?
Exhibit of flying My Little Ponies?
Uprising Memorial
Wall and The Little Soldier
Umschlagplatz
The Hospital building, one of the few to survive WWII
Ghetto Uprising names and memorial
To those who helped the Jews
Chopin
Old Town Warsaw
KRAKOW
City Walls and Gate
Old Town Square
Why yes, I am in a picture--Sera stole my camera for this pic!
Wawel Hill and castle
Vistula River
Old Town Square at night
Alley of the Distinguished in Rakowicki Cemetery
Life in Krakow under Nazi occupation
A list of those slated for execution for crimes against the Nazi regime
Staircase used in the movie Schindler's List in the Schindler factory
Set of the office where Neeson and Kingsley filmed
A reconstruction of the actual desk in the actual office of Schindler
The names of the Schindler Jews. Visible here is Izaak Stern, played by Ben Kingsley
The sign of the Polish resistance
This was my favorite quote:
"For some, war leaves no choice; for others, it makes choosing a must. A small gesture can yield irreversible consequences. It can either save a life or ruin it."
The church says IHS. We don't know why.
PRAGUE (or "Serren makes faces")
A letter from Thomas Edison to Emil Kolben
