Germany, Czech Republic, and Hungary May 19-30, 1994

The photos on this page are the result of scanning negatives over 18 years after the fact. So...the quality isn't stellar, but gives you an idea of the trip. The itinerary was "east block" - albeit after the wall came down - so Berlin, Leipzig in "east" Germany, Prague in the Czech Republic, and Budapest in Hungary.

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At the Hbf (main train station), Berlin	Robert at the Berlin Hbf	Berlin Hbf	Neptune statue in front of the Rotes Rathaus
On the Museum Insel	Berliner Dom	The infamous Fernsehturm (tv tower) in Berlin, near Alexanderplatz ... probably not just used only for tv signals...	Berliner Dom
Das Alte Museum (Old Museum)	A bad photo of the Brandenburg Gate	Robert at the Brandenburg Gate	Reichstag
The Berlin Wall once stood here, near the river Spree	Liza at the Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin	Robert at Charlottenburg	On the train to Leipzig
On the train...	Robert at the statue of G. F. Handel in Halle an der Saale	Liza at Mexikoplatz, Berlin	A big public phone booth (ok folks, pre-cell phone days)
Charles Bridge (Karlovy Most), Prague	Mute swans	View from Castle Hill, Prague	View from Castle Hill, Prague
Prague Castle gate, Castle Square, Prague	Mary Column, also referred to as the Plague Column, celebrating the end of the last plague in 1714.	Schwarzenberg Palace, Castle Square, Prague	St Vitus Cathedral, Prague
At dinner along side the Vltava River, Prague	Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague	Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague	Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
Pinkas Synagogue, adjacent to the cemetery, Prague	Tyn Church, Old Town Square, (Staroměstské náměstí), Prague	Robert checking out a concert sign - lots of music in Prague!	St Nicholas Church on the Old Town Square, Prague
Enjoying a beer in Old Town Square	Liza too!	View of Castle Hill from along the Vltava River	Robert birding...
Robert at the Prague train station, waiting for our train to Budapest	Here's our train!	Czech railway	Fields of mustard
A stork!	In the Váci Utca pedestrian zone, Budapest	In case you wondered how to spell Aeroflot in cyrillic	The "Chain Bridge" (Széchenyi lánchid) in Budapest over the Danube, in the distance; statue on the hill is the Liberation Memorial (can only sort of see it if you click for a larger photo)
The Buda Castle, Budapest	Lion guarding the Chain Bridge	On the 'Buda' side of the Danube, with the Parliament building in the background	Robert at the same overlook