Our trip concluded with a visit to Prague, and a week in Germany staying with the Spielmann and Meyer-Wendecker families.

(Click on any of the photos below to see the larger version.)

prague

This is the Old Town Square in Prague. Statue of Jan Hus in the background. Quite a guy!

Hanging out with the tourists on the Charles Bridge at sunset.

charles
spargle

Horst took us to a spargle farm just south of Berlin. White asperagus grown under tarps, just coming into season.

Frauke, Anke, and Raina posed in the Spielmann's garden. Kira would rather be playing.

kira
parallel

Near the Spielmann's house we found Parallel Street. To what, I wonder?

A library courtyard just off Unter den Linden in downtown Berlin.

library
coffeebreak

Karin and Rainer took us far into the Formerly-East-German countryside for some afternoon refreshment.

Here's something you don't see everyday. A stork nest on top of a car on top of a tower.

stork
chair

On our last day in Europe Raina enjoyed this exceptionally fashionable chair.


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