Monday, June 22, 2009

Berlin 2008

Ride to Berlin from Czech Republic

Potsdamer Platz - wrote a report on this place 
in German Class, felt obligated to visit 



Another picture of the memorial

Gendarmenmarkt Berlin

Some awesome statues

Neue Wache (Place of Remembrance)

Inside Neue Wache 

Modern 

Berliner Dom

Entrance to Berliner Dom

Sculpture in Pergamon Museum 


Polar Bear at Berlin Zoo - largest Urban zoo in the world
 
Berlin Hauptbahnhof 

The Berlin Wall - East Side Gallery

Courtyard in Berlin

Hoe long is now?

Prague 2008

The view from the front door of my hostel

Prague is filled to the brim with gorgeous architecture 

Statues everywhere

Prague castle in background

Great views from high ground

John of Nepomuk

Inside a cathedral

Cathedral

Some of the religious art can be pretty violent 

The dome

Nice sleeves buddy! My lack of sleeves prohibited me from entering 
Prague Castle
 
Ornate entrance to Prague castle grounds

Fountain with castle in background

Prague Castle

Details

Swans with Charles bridge in background

Urinating statues by Cerny, you can text the statues and they will spell out your 
message in their "stream" 


Horse and snake in Wallenstein garden 

Nude Archer 

Small fountain in Wallenstein garden 

Wallenstein Garden - seriously a surreal place

Albino Peacock in Wallenstein garden
 
Another strange Czech sculpture 

Prague Castle

Death making an entrance at the Prague Astronomical Clock

Wenceslas Square

Old Jewish cemetery
 
Water wheel

Love locks

Painted Wall

Typical building in Prague

View from Petrin tower

Prague Castle from above

I love this little paint protester

Wheeled dog

Chair sculpture

Random fountain 

Kind of creepy

Karlova 

Prague

Roof of communist museum

2 completely faded homeless people dancing

Wenceslas by Cerny

2 students who commit suicide by self-immolation in political protest 

National Museum 

Leaning building by Gehry

Sunset in Prague