| Bear and
         Marmot in Germany and the Czech Republic
         
         Dresden, around
         town
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      | So we walked and walked.
         
          At the other end of the street from
         the train station is the old Centrum department store, now a
         Hertie. There was one department store per city--and this
         was it. 
         
          Love that crystalline
         architecture.
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         wonderful stone mural. It looks even better enlarged; you
         can click on it to see a larger picture.
         
          
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      | The German government has done a
         thorough job of eradicating every public display that
         glorifies communism throughout the eastern states. This
         mural is actually under a heavy green mesh, but through the
         magic of Photoshop you can see underneath.
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      | At right, just another example of some
         DDR post-war architecture. This, I believe, is or was a
         restaurant.
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