This is a closeup of one of the smaller palaces at Potsdam…
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Jul
Potsdam More Palaces at Potsdam
When we arrived in Berlin we stayed in a 3 star hotel on the city outskirts that needed a little work. To add to the fun there was issues with our hotel reservation and the staff didn’t speak a word of English… in fact I think they spoke Polish so even our broken German didn’t get us too far 
Our second day in Berlin involved a little day trip to Potsdam. Potsdam is a little town just outside Berlin that is home to a lot of old royal palaces. We spent about half a day walking around the palaces and gardens which were simply amazing!!! We didn’t got right to the top of this palace but it was definitely one of the grander palaces in the area.
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Jul
Lucern Old Town
On our last day in Lucerne we climbed the city walls to check out the city. It was a bit of a climb but definitely worth it… this is the view of the city from the top of the walls.
In the middle of the river they’ve put a little hydro scheme in there to generate some electricity from the river… smart people 
The hostel we stayed can’t really be seen but it’s at the bottom of the picture on the left hand side of the river. It didn’t look like much from the outside of the building but was pretty awesome on the inside.
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Jul
Lucern Market Square Near Hostel
We must have walked through this little market square a dozen times over the three days we were in Interlaken. The hostel we stayed at was just around the corner… awesome place. It was right on the river and had a really good continental breakfast.
On the left in this photo is the COOP… these things were everywhere and are like a combo BigW, Woolworths, and BWS all in one… aww yeah
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Jul
Koblenz Heroes Statues
Down near the river in Koblenz there is a little colosseum with old germanic statues. Not sure what the story is but the horse has wings… doesn’t get much cooler than that
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Jul
Interlaken Jungfrau Behind Our Hostel
This is the scenery from the back deck of the hostel we stayed at in Interlaken. This was one of the few days we had in Switzerland that was fine and sunny so it was time for a little day trip out to Lauterbrunnen.
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Jul
Hong Kong Airport Bored #3
Ok so this is the last shot in my Bored in Hong Kong series… unfortunately there’s not much to see from the section of the airport we’re in and I was a little nervous that I was looking suspicious taking heaps of photos of the airport
I walked around the terminals a bit but couldn’t really get a good shot of the city at night… we saw a little of the city as we flew in and this would be an awesome city to check out… might have to organise a little trip here sometime
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Jul
Hong Kong Airport Bored #2
So we’re at the airport and there’s about 5 hours between our arrival and departure. Unfortunately we not ones for long meals so as good as the Yum Cha is it only killed about half an hour. Having said that it was awesome Yum Cha and the service was quick and friendly (take note Sunnybank Chinatown!).
So that still left a few hours waiting for the next plane. The trip was almost over so I just felt like playing with the camera a bit before having to go back to work…
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Jul
Hong Kong Airport Bored #1
I can’t sleep on planes… which is a bit of a problem when you travel from Germany to Switzerland to Hong Kong to Australia all in one session. All up there was over 30 hours of travelling in a row which gets a bit nasty.
Hong Kong was on the last leg home for us. We had already been travelling for 24 hours in a row and I needed to stay awake in Honk Kong airport so keeping myself amused was a bit of a priority.
This shot was one of those ones where I was mucking around to stay awake.
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Jul
Dresden Worker Mural on Side of Former Communist Building
Here’s a closeup of the mural from the last post… the communism propaganda was very kitschy but it always adds so much character to the towns…
We had a brief stop in Dresden after we left Berlin. Unfortunately we only had a few hours here as we had to make it to Prague that afternoon. From what we saw of it Dresden was a gorgeous city… it has been practically rebuilt after the allies destroyed it in World War 2.