Monday, April 13, 2009

As usual, I'm totally backwards...This was our last day in Berlin!

Talk about random...these pictures haven't been edited, they were taken mostly from a moving car as we left Berlin, 'cause we didn't have time to sight see after our family history seminar, so what you see is what you get...

This was a bouquet I received from the Berlin Stake for participating in the seminar/conference we presented, but I included it so you could see how they use branches in everything they do. Their flower arrangements are incredible. Note this tree--really weird. See those balls or bunches sitting in the trees? I thought they were old bird nests, but they are just leaves that never fall. We have lots of these trees by our office, and they're just fun to see.
This statue represents John the Beloved, and this church bears his name. It has been bombed out at least twice and rebuilt, ... the door of the building is really creepy, with sculpture representing people in Hell, a snake curling up the middle, and just anything but an invitation to enter!! Wrong order again. The door is down below a ways.

These were just random shots taken in the same block as the church...
The door!
This church below is famous for having been bombed during the war (at least once). It's on the East German side, and I visited it 40 years ago when I was here. They have since built the fancy octagonal glass church around it, but I'm glad they didn't remove what was left of the original.

Same church.
Yup, same church...
Government building...

Random church...

Modern, pointy architecture...I think a guy could get a pretty close shave on that one!
Building, river, profile of Hank!

They like domes.
That's all, folks.














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