On Thursday, we visited the DDR Museum, where Bernhard introduced us to life in East Germany. In the afternoon, we met with a representative of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, at their national party headquarters, the Konrad Adenauer House. In the evening, we each had our own adventures, some of which are pictured here.
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| Berliner Dom / Berlin Cathedral |
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| DDR Museum / GDR Museum |
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| Bernhard admiring his new SFA and Kilgore College caps |
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| Paying admission to the museum |
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| Bernhard explaining the GDR political system to us |
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| Das Sandmännchen / The Sand Man from GDR children's TV |
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| Das Sandmännchen und Freunde / The Sand Man and friends |
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Kennst du die Sowjetunion? / Do you know the Soviet Union? Children's games from the GDR |
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| Little coffee pot from the East German rail system |
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| Coffee subsitute |
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| Newspapers: an official organ of the Socialist Unity Party |
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| Menu from Social Unity Party Central Committee's international science conference |
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| East German Social Studies textbook |
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| Bernhard introduces us to the typical East German family car, the Trabant, fondly known as the Trabi |
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| Here it is! The car you have waited 18 years to be delivered! |
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| The owner's manual for your new Trabi |
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Road map for your vacation destinations: GDR, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Poland, and Hungary |
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| Cameras and film for your vacation in the above mentioned countries |
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| At the Domklause restaurant, waiting for good East German style food |
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| In good East German style, still waiting for food |
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| Passing the time admiring mural depicting ideal socialist life while waiting for food at the Domklause restaurant |
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| Currywurst mit Pommes |
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| Bundeskanzleramt / Federal Chancellary |
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| Across from the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus |
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| Konrad-Adenauer-Haus, national party headquarters, CDU |
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| Showing colors in front of the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus |
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| John F. Kennedy and Konrad Adenauer, 1963 |
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| Olaf Göhs, Managing Director, Committee on International and European Politics, and Security |
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| Meeting with Mr. Göhs at CDU |
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| Meeting with Mr. Göhs at CDU |
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| In the foyer, Konrad-Adenauer-Haus |
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| Welcome to the Malaysian embassy in Berlin! |
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| Siegessäule / Victory Column |
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Siegessäule / Victory Column Straße des 17. Juni, commemorating the workers' revolt in East Germany, 1953 |
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Naturkunde Museum, our underground stop This summer without the graffiti freshly painted in July 2010 |
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Tacheles - alternative artists' colony This summer marks the beginning of the end of Tacheles. Soon new buildings and expensive shops will grace the sidewalks here. |
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| Invitation to an art exhibit inside |
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| The New Synagoge at night |
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