Sunday, June 18, 2006

To Europe we go! Berlin at that! What a wonderful city... K and R want to go explore Berlin in much more detail.

The Brandenburg Gate from the erstwhile 'East Berlin' side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate

View of the eastern side of berlin from the Reichstag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_(building) )Brandenburg gate from the Reichstag. It is behind this gate that President Raegan made the now famous 'Tear down this wall Mr. Gorbachev" speech in 1987: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall

The poignant Neue Wache memorial: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Wache

The infamous checkpoint Charlie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_Charlie )"Is this Charlie?" K & R wonder... :)Porsches! At the factory in Leipzig (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porche)

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Mt. Rainier! The Pacific Northwest! What a beautiful place...

Mt. Rainier seen from the Puget Sound! K still thinks it is really a cloud and not the mountain :)
Enroute to the mountain.
Mt. Rainier looms larger on the horizon.Mt Rainier at last!

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Manhattan in non-color during a visit by K & R


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Sunday, June 04, 2006

On a rainy day, we, K & R, decided to visit Detroit. Notice the GM building on the lower left side of this snap below. What with the sky being as it is, it reminds K of a scene from 'Lord of the Rings'.

Detroit downtown.

USA on the right and Canada on the left...
Hup, two, three , four.... charge of the bird brigade!
quickly turns into attack by the bird brigade!Home from Detroit! Cleveland at night.

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Saturday, June 03, 2006


K & R in Chicago! Below is a snap of Chicago taken from atop the Sears Tower. A wonderful shot of the lighthouse on Lake Michigan.
One wonderful stained glass!
The chicago skyline
K and R enjoy a cruise on lake Michigan
Chicago at night...

A very ornate water fountain

R loves this shot of "Attack of the scary turtles!"
What a shiny egg! Can you locate K and R in this?
or in this...?A taurean with another!


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