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by **Moon Beam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:32 am

The smiles still the same Liam and it does look like you reving to go back then to! :lol:

by **Liam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:34 am

Moon Beam wrote:The smiles still the same Liam and it does look like you reving to go back then to!

I was just waiting to get out of that photo shoot. I needed a beer. :lol:

by **Moon Beam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:41 am

Liam wrote:
Moon Beam wrote:The smiles still the same Liam and it does look like you reving to go back then to!

I was just waiting to get out of that photo shoot. I needed a beer.

Huge belly shake on that one Sir, thank ya! :lol:

by **Just Mindy** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:48 am

Ms_M wrote:One more of Liam from last night - he's with his babies...

Hey Liam, you've got twins too, eh? :lol:

Great pics everyone, loved seeing them all.

by **Rick** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:52 am

Yeah, ole Liam's got a nice set of cans there! :twisted:

by **Liam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:06 am

Rick wrote:Yeah, ole Liam's got a nice set of cans there!

Well thank you, sweetheart. :lol:

by *Laura » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:00 am

Nice to see this thread alive again,it's always fun to see pics of MelRockers popping up!

Y'all look great -- including the cans! :lol:

A good place to share some of the pics I took last week while I was in Berlin - a dream trip for me,many great things to discover...
Some of them are below,if anyone's interested -- enjoy!

I've been wanting to see The Wall (or what's left of it) for a long time,as well as the Reichstag (I've been reading a lot of books about Hitler's life and the Third Reich) ...it was a thrill to see that in real life.Still has a somber feeling to it...maybe the walls have kept all that negative energy inside.I didn't go in,the lines were absurd.

On the front it reads "Dem Deutschen Volke" -- "To The German People"

..and yeah,that's my Journey T-shirt...Makes me sad now.

Next is The Berlin Wall.This is where it all started in August 1961 and also ended in 1989 when it was dismantled and the entire Eastern Europe changed.
Small parts of the Wall are sold as souvenirs,the bigger parts are in Museums or even auctioned for large sums of money.
There is a mark going all around the city showing where the Wall was,but this part was kept for all to see.Grafitti artists have done gorgeous things on it...The American Flag is everywhere.Germans respect the US...I also noticed people being very warm and friendly when hearing me speaking English...Nice.

Then I got to Checkpoint Charlie - the place where the Allied forces (The US,UK and France) were guarding the "border" between East and West Berlin.
It's still a symbol of the Cold War and it stood as the ticket to freedom for many Easterners.
The pic was taken in the American sector of CC (rainy day

)...I saw a lot of American tourists that day,they love this stuff.The Russian sector is succesful too,LOL...I wasn't too curious,tho.

The famous sign is still there untouched.

Speaking of Russians,there are a lot of them living in Berlin,some are selling the renown Matrioska dolls,but they adapted to the modern times...
These ones cracked me up!
Of course,inside the big doll there are smaller ones... :lol:

little Bon Jovis,Popes,Jaggers,Madonnas...Funny stuff.
Expensive as all hell also,they are handmade and painted.

Now the Brandenburg Gate -- another part of the European history,right at the end of the famous Under dem Linden street.

Ok,something for fun...Close to the B. Gate it's the Adlon Hotel.That's where Michael Jackson was photographed holding his son over the balcony -- I guess you all remember that!

Had to take a pic of that place (and I wasn't the only one looking up,LOL)

What else?
Yeah,this one -- the most fascinating shopping center I've seen.Entirely made of glass,with a futuristic architecture...It's called "LaFayette"

Then the Reichstag made of chocolate! :shock:

One of the best days was the one I spent in Potsdamer Platz and got to see a 3D movie at the iMax Cinema in the evening.
It was the best 45 minutes ever!
Saw "Haunted Castle" -- anyone knows it?It's about a guitar player who is supposed to sell his soul to the Devil in order to have fame and fortune. :lol:

Sounds familiar?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et6Fhif5Mj8 (the soundtrack is SO cool!)

Seriously,Fro popped in my mind while I was watching. :twisted:

I had a big smile when it was over...Mystery solved. :lol:

Ok,that's about it...

Umm,I had a few German beers but I won't post those pics. :lol:

Instead,here's a toast with a chocolate cocktail -- Germany has the BEST chocolate in the world,I'm tellin' ya!

by **SusieP** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:12 am

Great pics Laura!

by **Blueskies** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:15 am

Those are great pics and a cool travelog, Laura!

by **Moon Beam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:26 am

Now that was cool!, thank ya muchly for posting of your travels.
My Meme had one of those doll in a doll things and I played with that sucker
as a child endlessly.....she gave it to me a few years back and it's yet
to be unpacked from our house move.
Hmmmmm maybe I can get Hubby to go search for it, I love when I get the chance
to send him in the garage :lol:

by **aggieangelcrys** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:55 am

Here's my and my fiance..........so you guys can see me! lol!

by **Ms_M** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:58 am

Thanks Crys for sharing the pic!

by **Moon Beam** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:06 am

Nice pic of the both of you Aggieangelcrys, thanks for posting it here.

by **Granny** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:53 am

great pic CRYS, nice background too!

by **tammy** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:27 am

Neat pics of Germany, Laura, thanks for posting them. I have a piece of the Berlin wall in a plexiglass paperweight (given to the employees at a company I worked for...at least, that is what they told us.) I remember bunches of those wooden dolls in Russia - the traditional cute ones, but also a lot of them were of politicians - weird! Russia does not have good chocolate bars - blech.

by *Laura » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:50 am

Glad you enjoyed the pics.
Had to edit,my German friend lurked and noticed a mistake :lol:

, so that's the Reichstag made of chocolate,not the Dome.
I guess I was paying close attention to the chocolate... :wink:

Tammy,those little pieces of the Wall in the plexiglas are really neat - I brought one too home with me.Cool souvenir.

Right on with the Russian chocolate,only tasted it once.BLECH is right...

by **Rhiannon** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:30 am

*Laura wrote:I guess I was paying close attention to the chocolate...

Laura, I'm afraid I would've had to broken bad on that chocolate... start with the front facade, and move on back....

Great pics too!

by **JH'sTXfan** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:55 pm

Good pictures guys.

by **Playitloudforme** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:03 pm

Love the pics Laura!!!! I know you and our bud had such a good time!

Next stop, INDIANA baby!

by **Playitloudforme** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:39 pm

Crys, you remind me of a young Geena Davis. Same smile!

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:14 am

me and my kids.don't know if this will show up or not.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:17 am

me before when i had hair,lol

by **Moon Beam** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:20 am

Nice pics Mike, your two kiddies look almost as energetic as mine. :lol:

Thanks for sharing these with us Fella.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:36 am

thanks moonbeam!

by **larryfromnextdoor** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:06 am

mikemarrs wrote:thanks moonbeam!

dang mike,, you look kinda mean in that pic!!!
and them kids with the red eyes,, :lol:

everything is cool man... very
cool!! :wink:

larry from oregon... :shock:

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:32 am

thanks larry.i don't know how to work this thing to get the red out of the eyes on the pics.looks like my eyes are glowing,lol.

one pic was me with hair and one was when my kids drove me so crazy it fell out.....just kidding!

by **Lula** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:37 am

larryfromnextdoor wrote: everything is cool man... very
cool!! larry from oregon...

LMAO!! You crack me up Larry :lol:

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:50 am

lol.don't worry i'm usually not that mean unless.......

by **ArnelRox** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:48 am

Great looking guy, great looking kids too. Thanks Mike.

by **mikemarrs** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:11 am

your welcome!

i'm going to go back and look through all the pics.i just noticed this topic today.took me a while to figure out how to post pics but i got it.should be interesting.

MR

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