Gorgeous Fall Days

Right now several big buildings and monuments are lit up at night, probably to prolong tourism since it is getting dark at about five now and we're losing four minutes of daylight a day (about two minutes more than most of you). We liked the Brandenburg Gate and we are thrilled that our replacement camera finally arrived, so we were trying it out in low light.
The Grandparents Shumway rented a car yesterday and so Rob drove them through town, then out to Potsdam where we had a whirlwind through-the-park-and-step-out-at-the-palaces tour that lasted until sunset. Then we went home and switched babysitter and drove back to see the lit up things from the Reichstag to the Unter den Linden Opera house and had dessert at the Opera Palace Cafe. This is the New Palace in Potsdam which is incredible, but off the more beaten San Souci path.
Grandma Shumway brought lots of Halloween decorations and the kids had great fun putting them up. Here Will and Grandpa enjoy Homestarrunner.com and other online delights.

This is the Glienicke Bridge which was on the border between West Berlin and the East and was used for the exchange of spies and military/governmental people. I wanted a picture of the bridge when we visited it last, but we were on it, and you can't get a picture of the side of it when you're standing on it. A great photographic truth, methinks.