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Camera + Lens + Lauren = ....

Photo AlbumJun 9, '08 2:45 PM
for everyone
Went to Berlin for two weeks to visit my friend Brentt (and, of course, Berlin) in June. Met lots of Brentt's friends who were students from all over the place.


the boys in plaid
  

preparing the veges for our vege-wrap bbq
  

eggplant!
  

ooOOOoooOoo!!!
  

one of the only "natural" hills in berlin
  

purdy
  


  

oo purple flowers
  


  

brian napping
  

brian & the raw-foods-bbq yuppies
  


  

on the ride to the lake
  

the studious students
  


  

ooo curly-ness!
  

aww we have the same face
  

at our second bbq at "Slaughter Lake" (Schlachtensee)
  


  

barbeque-ing bratwurst
  


  

after a swim in the lake
  


  

anja
  


  


  

the battle with the mustard jar
  


  

mmmm
  

brentt's non-gay photo...
  

ahh relaxation
  


  

the battle with brentt's camera
  


  


  


  


  


  

cooooookies!!!
  


  


  

anja & felix (brian's roommates)
  


  


  


  

the battle continues
  


  


  


  

queen!
  


  


  

watermelon!
  

the spitting of the seed, step 1
  

step 2
  

step 3
  

step 4
  

step 5
  


  

nice.
  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  

the ride home
  

eating waffles with ice cream
  

an adventurous birdy
  

he wanted my waffles
  


  


  


  


  

ooo bad birdy!
  

we were invaded by fluffy, chubby birdies
  

Kunsthaus Tacheles graffiti
  

bar at Kunsthaus Tacheles
  

the two people in white were making out excessively...
  

blue
  

green
  

i was there too
  

the beachy part of K.T.
  


  

:D
  

more graffiti/art
  


  

the "department store" was 5 stories
  

i look lost..
  

waiting in the middle of the night for a tram home
  

relaxing and reading
  

i always thought the Berlin Wall was thicker...
  

a hole in the wall
  

wall art
  

a famous bridge that looks like it belongs in Disneyland
  


  

the buildling that can be seen through the gate was really dark and creepy
  

famous
  


  

i look like i'm hitchhiking at the Berlin Wall...
  


  

the u-bahn station closest to Brentt's
  

brentt's photography skills
  


  

at a "real" German restaurant
  

oops... knocked over the candle
  

a mighty big beer
  

mmmm
  

ooOooOoOOOo!
  

beer & bread. what more do you need?
  

how 'bout Spätzle?
  

and wienerschnitzel
  

eating is so exhausting!
  

that's disturbing
  

from atop the hill at Victoria Park
  

the "waterfall" at Victoria Park as seen from above
  


  

the statue to Queen Victoria
  


  


  


  

TV Tower
  

view of berlin from the tv tower
  


  


  


  


  


  

there's brentt's apartment building! riiiiiiiiight.... there!
  

former communist tower + current capitalist icon = amazing
  

Neptun Fountain
  


  

Rotes Rathaus
  

me & St. Mary's Church
  

deconstruction of Palast der Republik
  

Berliner Dom
  


  


  


  

Altes Museum looking quite daunting
  

Altes Museum
  


  

Neue Wache (memorial to the victims of World War II)
  


  

monument to the May 10, 1933 book burning by the Nazis in Bebelplatz
  

those are white empty bookshelves below ground
  

Brandenburg Gate
  


  


  

coffee break!
  

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morning cafe wake up
  

catching up on the latest gossip news
  

brian looking fab
  

exhibit at contemporary art museum (they're enormous metal books with seeds shot into them)
  


  

inside of Hamburger Bahnhof
  


  

mao by andy warhol
  

marilyn by andy warhol
  

my fav (there)
  

shooooooeeeessss
  

he's there
  

then he's not
  

i'm appropriating photographs now, too
  

the guard thought he was going to touch it and freaked out. it was funny.
  

upside-down tree photo. they were enormous
  

then we each ate our own whole pizzas that were amazing
  

waiting for the train, which we seem to do quite a bit of
  

yay...
  

Sony Center
  


  


  

Holocaust Memorial
  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  


  

Tiergarten
  

statue in Tiergarten
  

looing towards Brandenburg Gate
  

looking towards Berlin Victory Column in center of Tiergarten
  

the Victory Column was in the middle of a circle and pedestrians had to go underground to get to it
  

baby birdies!
  

shopping 3D style
  

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
  

Sanssouci.. Without Cares/Carefree
  


  


  


  


  


  

the windmill at Sanssouci
  


  


  

inside the windmill
  


  


  


  

walking through the gardens/forest
  

the "new" palace
  


  

some random building
  


  

fountains
  

the China house
  

can anyone say gawdy
  

everything here lines up... shocker
  

i don't even know what to say anymore...
  

Checkpoint Charlie
  

I found this more interesting...
  

ahh communists...
  

interior of the dome of the Reichstag
  

that thing on the left is a screen that rotates with the sun
  


  


  


  


  


  

too much caffeine?
  


beckyofcountymayo wrote on Jun 9, '08
Can't wait to see more pics! lu, mom
maryross wrote on Jun 19, '08
It looks like you had fun! = )
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