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The story begins with the departure from San Francisco Airport's all new International Terminal. And it would be incomplete without a sunrise shot out the window (like going to the UK or Bahrain!) Our cousins house in Hamburg/Blankenese is next door to... ...our great-grandmothers house (Uromi's).
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A sign for the Blankeneser Landstrasse, looking a bit under the weather. My ICE-3 train from Hamburg to Berlin. Art along Kurfürstendamm frames the view of Kaiser- Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche. Where am I again?
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The remains of the Anhalter Bahnhof (1839) are being restored, this station once covered the entire area probably back to the Tempodrom in the distance. The line of people waiting to go up to the Reichstag, seat of the German parliament. From the top of the glass dome you can look down onto the visitor level and into the plenary hall. Seating area inside the dome allows visitors the chance to sit and take in the surrounding view of Berlin.
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Oops, the glass broke. 
I didn't touch it!
Sunset on top of the Reichstag. A full view of the building. Back near the Gedächtniskirche.
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House guests at Benni's - where do we all sleep? A little sightseeing tour...
Hey guys what time is it?
They are all starring over here at this clock. Our tour with Benni brought us back to the Reichstag. The flags were billowing nicely.
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