Guten Tag!

Ok -- so most of you know that Mike and I were able to go to Germany in October ... thank you Wheel of Fortune! The girls did great at home without us, I'm certain we missed them more than they missed us. We took hundreds of pictures, but here are a few of our favorite places.

The white building is a picture of the view out our hotel window. European buildings are gorgeous!

There's also a picture of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church that was bombed during WWII. 70% of the city was destroyed, so the new architecture all over town was amazing. The new church they built is the one just next door. Right next to the church was a mall/plaza where there were lots of street vendors. Our hotel was so close, that we spent quite a bit of time in this area. You'll notice the picture of Mike with all the fruit -- that was one of our favorite stands ... the guy was very nice.

Of course we visited the wall, couldn't go to Berlin without seeing it! There were several places around the city that had places dedicated to remnants and the history of it.

The Reichstag was the seat of German government and just an amazing building ... Mike's favorite.

The thing I loved most of Germany was the beauty of the city with all the trees and rivers running through it. Even though the zoo (me next to the giant elephant) was right in the middle of downtown, you would have never known it. The picture with the water and bridge was actually inside the zoo grounds, but we've got more like it from all over town.

We went tons of other places, but spent lots of time in the Charlottenburg Schloss (castle). It was the biggest castle in Berlin and also the seat of Prussia before it was Germany. The grounds around the castle were amazing ... hundreds of people were there with families, dogs, etc. There is a picture of the back of the castle from the other side of the lake.

Wow ... doesn't feel like just the highlights, but we did so much more! Mike says he doesn't want to see another "wurst" I'll believe that when I see it. :) The food was pretty good!