Today was a big day. We started early and drove in to Poland.
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| This river marks the border |
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| crossing the boarder |
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| a randomly pink bridge |
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| that we ended up driving over |
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| Polish countryside |
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| street sign to the place we're headed |
We went to the town of Muchten (Myszęcin) where the Janetzki's of Queensland originated. We went to the church which originated as a Lutheran church but changed to Catholic in the 1800's encouraging the departure of the local Lutherans to other lands. Unfortunately the church is no longer in use and we couldn't go inside.
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| the home digs |
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| very fittingly, Chris wore his "no place like home" shirt |
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| the streets of Myszęcin |
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| The church |
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| walking in the steps of the ancestors |
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| Janetzki's of Queensland back in the home town with the book |
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| The steps and door that the ancestors frequented |
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| A monument to the virgin Mary - proof that it became a Catholic church |
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| Reading The Lutheran on his ipad |
We saw the old lords place where daily labourers would have gone to get work.
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| some rich guy's house and his walled off property |
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| Likely the owner of the whole village |
We went for a drive through the nearby city Swiebodzin where the Janetzki's would have gone for groceries.
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| Swiebodzin in the distance (see the castle spire) |
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| the castle of Swiebodzin |
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| random Polish building |
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| The streets of Swiebodzin |
We had our obligatory beer and high-tailed it back to Berlin.
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| Mr Piggy ist betrunken! |
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| A money exchange point on the border - used to be a security checkpoint |
Once back in Berlin, we hired some fat tyre bikes and toured the city European style. We had a lot of fun and saw all the sites.
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| I got an orange bike! |
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| The monument of Kaiser Wilhelm Church |
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| on the inside of that ugly brown square building in the above photo |
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| the organ |
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| the baptismal |
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| inside the original church foyer (ceiling) |
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| Victory column from when the Germans united and beat the French |
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| War memorial |
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| The Brandenburg gate in the distance |
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| a screaming woman - facing the Brandenburg gate |
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| The gate in the background |
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| The gate up close |
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| Piggy had a great view all day |
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| Reichstag - German Parliament building |
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| A piece of the Berlin wall - at Checkpoint Charlie |
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| A refreshing beverage break during our ride |
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| A beer bar bike - 8 guys pedaling, a bar tender serving them beer and a driver steering as they explore the city |
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| We found a Cabaret in Berlin - Life is a Cabaret old chum... |
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| Piggy likes to make friends |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| A remaining section of wall |
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| A decorated piece of the wall |
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| Buildings around the Bebelplatz - where the book burning happened |
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| Bebelplatz - unfortuneately they were setting up a concert or something |
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| Bebelplatz |
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| The Cathedral |
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| Statues that are nude |
We also managed to catch a vespers service at the cathedral.
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| Piggy, the forgotten reformer |
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| it's a Lutheran cathedral |
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| the dome in the ceiling |
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| Calvin |
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| Melanchthon |
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| Luther |
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| Zwingli |
To hear the organ and choir in the cathedral click
here
To hear just the choir in the cathedral click
here
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