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| bkgee | profile | all galleries >> Driving Europe! >> Germany | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Ulm, the birthplace of Albert Einstein . . . |
 . . . and it's Munster tower, with the highest cathedral spire in Europe - 161m high |
 Travelling the Romantic Road . . . |
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 . . . from Fussen, in the Bavarian Alps . . . |
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 . . . through fairytale castle country (major thunderstorm happening at the time!) . . . |
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 . . . Neuschwanstein, King Ludwig II's theatrical castle . . . |
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 . . . to Rothenburg ob der Tauber . . . |
 . . . a picturesque . . . |
 . . . and perfectly preserved . . . |
 . . . medieval town |
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 The Rathaus (Town Hall) on Marktplatz |
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 On to Berlin . . . |
 . . . and Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche with its octagonal extension and bell tower |
 The Coventry Crucifix |
 Potsdamer Platz . . . |
 . . . a no-man's land in the shadow of the Wall . . . |
 . . . now re-born |
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 The Berlin Wall before its fall in 1989 |
 Brandenburg Gate |
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 Sowjetische Ehrenmal memorial to the 22,000 Russian soldiers who fell in the struggle for Berlin in WWII |
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 The Berliner Dom with the Fernsehturm in the background |
 Rotes Rathaus (The Red Town Hall) |
 Deutscher Dom on Gendarmenmarkt |
 Parts of the Berlin Wall still stand |
 Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp . . . |
 . . . 220,000 men from 22 countries were brought here . . . |
 . . . about 100,000 died |
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 Northern Germany's Lubeck - the Burgtor (Castle Gate) . . . |
 . . . and the Burgkloster (Castle Monastery) |
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 Marienkirche (St. Mary's church) . . . |
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 . . . with the remains of the church bells that fell during WWII |
 Holstentor (Holsten Gate) on the western edge of town . . . |
 . . . and the canal that rings the old city |
 Hamburg and Aussenalster Lake |
 The large Rathaus on Rathausmarkt |
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 These guys are everywhere! |
 The ruined tower of St-Nikolai-Kirche . . . |
 . . . a monument to the tragic consequences of war |
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 Hauptkirch St Michaelis . . . |
 . . . views from the tower over the port . . . |
 . . . Europe's second largest port . . . |
 . . . and the baroque interior |
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 Just your average road sign! |
 B lightens his load |
 Travemunde |
 Cologne, on the River Rhine . . . |
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 . . . dominated by Cologne Cathedral |
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 . . . impressive outside, and in |
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 Cafe's line the river with Gross St Martin in the background |
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 Views along the Rhine and Mosel . . . |
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 A brief stop in Luxembourg |
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 B relaxing with our favourite - wine and cheese, after a hard day ;-) |
 Heidelberg |
 Walking along the main street - Hauptstrasse |
 Marktplatz with the Heidelberger Schloss in the background |
 Heidelberg's Alte Brucke (Old Bridge) |
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 Views of Schwarzwald ( the Black Forest) . . . |
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