Berlin

Defiance

Walking by the Berlin Wall.

Crossing over Nowhere

Trains crossing over what once was no man's land between East and West Berlin.

A bicyclist cycling by before the Reichstag.

People enjoying their evening out by Hackescher Markt. The Berliner Fernsehturm looms above in the background.

Löwenkämpfer

The Löwenkämpfer (Lion Fighter) bronze statue by Albert Wolff installed outside the Altes Museum in 1858. Berliner Dom peeks through. [1]

Praying over the Fallen

An undaunted Power Ranger climbing the fallen lion.

A scaled model of the Ishtar Gate, the eighth gate leading into the inner city of Babylon. [2]

Plaques laid into the sidewalk to remember the Jews who used to inhabit the area before being led away to ghettos and concentration camps.

A stolen bike.

Brandenburger Tor

Holocaust Memorial

Silent Remembrance

A man sits in solemnity at the Holocaust Memorial in remembrance of those whose lives were prematurely extinguished from this world.

A memorial at Bebelplatz to remember the book burning ceremony carried out by the German Student Association at Humbolt University on May 10, 1933. The installation, designed by the Israeli artist Micha Ullman, represents empty bookshelves that would have housed the 20,000 books that were burnt. [3]

Confessions

What an interrogation room would have looked and felt like during the time of the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik), commonly known as East Germany. This is part of the interactive exhibit at the DDR Museum.

Back in Time

Enjoying an evening special at home in East Germany. This interactive exhibit has been laid out at the DDR Museum.

Kraków

Sticking Out

A man trying to capture with much difficulty the sculpture of Eros Bendato (Eros Bound) by Polish artist Igor Mitoraj. [4]

Framed

The stolen bike from Berlin surfacing on the streets of Kraków.

It's Dreary Outside

Peering out from Schindler's Factory Museum.

Remember Thou Neighbor

A moment of reflection in the hall of remembrance after going through the exhibit on the Jews of Krakówat Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera (Oscar Schindler's Enamel Factory).

The spires of the Kościół Mariacki (St. Mary's Basilica) rise behind the market stalls set up at the old town square.

The Grunwald Monument was destroyed after the Nazis occupied Krakow as it celebrated the defeat of the Teutonic Knights (a German religious and military order founded in Acre) by the Polish and Lithuanian armies in 1410. A replica was made using sketches and models of the original. [5]

The Call of the Merchants

The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) at night. After having been destroyed by a fire in the mid-16th century it was renovated with a Renaissance flair by Jan Padovano. [6]