Last Day of School

Here is Maddie with her classmate Sabrina. Maddie got a book from her class and presents from some of her friends. Thankfully, she has addresses and e-mail for some of them, so that she can keep in touch with them. I asked last night if they'd rather come back to Vienna or Berlin, and it was unanimous that they wanted to come back to Berlin (though perhaps it isn't a fair vote when you're in Berlin).
The kids with Frau Half who was an aide in Will's class, choir director, and "one of the nicest people ever". While Maddie was having a party and Will was on a field trip, Rob, Sebi and I walked down Ku'damm (the west's old posh shopping boulevard) and then had the 'business lunch' at the 12 Apostles pizzeria while Sebastian napped. We've had to work in a date where we can now that Sarah is gone!

This is the inside of a building designed by the same guy who did the Brandenburg Gate. This place was an ampitheater for scientific lectures and dissections, etc. Only one side of it has been restored and they're casting about for more funding. It will cost 500 thousand euros just to fix the cupola.

So you're thinking to yourself "Why is it that the Brandenburg Gate has been renovated to the tune of several million euros and has 'anti-terrorism protection' and this place is being forgotten and left to moulder?" I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it's because more people still walk through gates than attend dissection lectures. Just a thought.

Rob was prowling around on Friday taking pictures when a large car drove up and some guy got out. He asked Rob why he was interested in it, and when Rob showed what he knew about it, Important Guy turned out to be from the equivalent of the Historical Trust Society and he gave Rob a tour of it for half an hour or so.

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