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Starts with U (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST)

UTENSILS

FAVOURITE

UPSIDE down table at the Watering Can 

UNDER

Speer River Berlin Germany

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1. Starts with "T"
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TACO

FAVOURITE

TREBANT

Trabant (German: [tʁaˈbant] is a series of small cars produced from 1957 until 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. Four models were made: the Trabant 500, Trabant 600, Trabant 601, and the Trabant 1.1. 

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TREE THAILAND

Wat Maha That

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1. Starts with "G"
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GLASS - GERMANY Berlin Reichstag 

FAVOURITE

Toronto ON

GROUND

Kensington Palace London England

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MEN MEAT MARKET MAZATLAN MEXICO

FAVOURITE

Maximillian's in Berlin, man, mannequin, mug, moustache

MULTIPLES

MYRTLE Beach - only a MOTHER could love!

T for Tuesday

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Watching a movie set in Berlin reminded me of our breakfast at the Riechstag, German Parliament.

Click here for all the details of this day in Berlin. This will give you the background to the security checks you go through before you can enter the building.

It was constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German: Reichstag) of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Diet until 1933, when it was severely damaged after being set on fire. After World War II, the building fell into disuse; the parliament of the German Democratic Republic (the Volkskammer) met in the Palast der Republik in East Berlin, while the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany (the Bundestag) met in the Bundeshaus in Bonn.

The ruined building was made safe against the elements and partially refurbished in the 1960s, but no attempt at full restoration was made until after German reunification on 3 October 1990, when it underwent a reconstruction led by architect Norman Foster. After its completion in 1999, it once again became the meeting place of the German parliament: the contemporary Bundestag.

The Reichstag is now the second most visited attraction in Germany, not least because of the huge glass dome that was erected on the roof as a gesture to the original 1894 cupola, giving an impressive view over the city, especially at night.

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Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day

Mosaic Monday

Continuing with pit stops...
a stop (as during a trip) for fuel, food, or rest or for use of a restroom.

September 2015 - Berlin Germany

Deadly Love

City Daily Photo
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September 2015- Berlin Germany


Debbie at Travel With Intent reminded me that the Berlin Wall came down thirty years ago on November 9, 1989.

My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love (Russian: «Го́споди! Помоги́ мне вы́жить среди́ э́той сме́ртной любви́», romanized: Góspodi! Pomogí mne výzhit' sredí étoy smértnoy lyubví; German: Mein Gott, hilf mir, diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben), sometimes referred to as the Fraternal Kiss (German: Bruderkuss), is a graffiti painting on the Berlin wall by Dmitri Vrubel, one of the best known of the Berlin wall graffiti paintings. Created in 1990, the painting depicts Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a fraternal embrace, reproducing a photograph that captured the moment in 1979 during the 30th anniversary celebration of the foundation of the German Democratic Republic.

My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love has become one of the best known works of graffiti art on the Berlin Wall. According to Anthony Read and David Fisher, the painting is "particularly striking, with a sharp, satirical edge." However, it was also widely criticized on creation as a straightforward reproduction of the photograph that inspired it.

The well-known photograph capturing the famed embrace was taken by Régis Bossu in East Berlin on October 7, 1979. It was widely republished. Brezhnev was visiting East Germany at the time to celebrate the anniversary of its founding as a Communist nation. On October 5, East Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a ten-year agreement of mutual support under which East Germany would provide ships, machinery and chemical equipment to the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union would provide fuel and nuclear equipment to East Germany.

Currently, the rights for the photo are managed by Corbis Corporation.

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REX beer in Berlin 2015.

FAVOURITE

A REVISED RECIPE for orange peel beer. Found at the Toronto Market Gallery "Toronto Brews".

RED
2009 Big Island Hawaii
Volcano RED Ale

LAST CALL

RAPID City SD RED'S and they serve RIBS  and have a RED sign!