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This is how I want to be buried.
This is a eco friendly power drill
This is a cool museum I went to.
Jared and I's favorite eating place in Berlin.

I think that about does it for Berlin. I will move onto Norway next.

It's time for more Berlin Graffiti. This is what was outside my hostel window. I don't know what this translates too. So if it is offensive.... I apologize.
Ahhh. 1984.
What I really like about this stencil is that the boards form stripes that go along with the stipes on the shirt. Brilliant.
I don't know who Lucy is... but I feel bad for whoever has to answer to her. She looks fed up.

This is the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. It is on the east side of the Tiergarden. It's a bunch of blocks all set up in a grid. From the outside it does'nt look like they are very tall.
But once you get in them it's a miniature NYC. It actually kind of fun to walk through. It reminds me of a corn field.
Inside there were a bunch of kids sneaking around and jumping out at and scaring their friends. Oh... to be young and in Berlin.


This is my Orwellian The Third Man shadow tribute.

I took this video in Berlin on the top of a really high monument. It's really peaceful to me for some reason. I just like all the curves and movement.

It's taken from the top of this:
It's the Berlin Victory Column or the Siegessäule. It was designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 (the same time as the end of the American Civil War) to commemorate thePrussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on September 2nd 1873 Prussia had also defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870/1871), giving the statue a new purpose. (That's a lot of wars) Different from the original plans, these later victories in the so-called Unification Wars inspired the addition of the bronze sculpture of Victoria, 8.3 meters high and weighing 35 tonnes, designed by Friedrich Drake.
This mural on the inside is very stoic.

My Last day in Sweden Lena and some of her friends and I went to this lovely park and greenhouses. It use to be where the King would come and hunt... I believe, could be wrong. The trees were in bloom and it was wonderful.
They were so pretty in fact that Lena suggested that we take pictures in the tree.
there happened to be a professional photographer there... Okay maybe just Lena's friend with a really nice camera.
It was so hard for me to keep from smiling. But I managed.
In the end we just looked off into the distance and headed home. So that is the end of my Sweden coverage. Next time we'll move onto Berlin.

First... The House Of The Lord. The first day I got to Stockholm I dropped off my bag and went straight to the temple. It's a train ride just outside the city and is located right next to a train stop. It's really peaceful out there. It was fun to use the translator head set during the service. I met an old man from Idaho who became my friend. After the session he showed me around the temple grounds and buildings. He invited me to his apartment and showed me his family picture album. He had served a mission in Sweden in 1950. One day Lena took me to a park that on the hill side they have these cute tiny homes. From what I understand the government gave poor people some land to build a homes on. These little houses are what they made.
The day we walk through was a yard clean up day for this little community. Everyone was out tending to the gravel walkway and shrubs that snakes through the neighborhood. We stopped to ask about if it was required to help out and they told Lena that they have to help or they have to pay a fine. They used a large variety of manual yard tools. I love yard work and thought this quaint little community was heaven.
But I did have a few concerns. A: I don't know if I could ether stand-up straight or fully extend myself while lying down in any of these homes. Even my apartment in Manhattan is bigger then these houses.
B: Are there showers in there? It just doesn't seem like there is enough room.

All-in-all it felt like a little paradise. Oh Sweden you welfare state you.
I couldn't help thinking that my grandma would really like this place. It feels like it's part of a theme park called "Grandmaville".
As attested by my bow tie (which I wore to speak at the deaf branch on Sunday), the vintage shops in Stockholm are amazing. I will only post one picture about it though, as it is conclusive evidence.

I'm a bit nervous to say this... but... yes I've seen every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I really wouldn't call myself a trekker though. I just enjoy it. Anyway... A few friends and myself went to see Macbeth last night. The lead of Macbeth was played by... Captain Picard himself (aka Patrick Stewart). Needless to say it was amazing. And it was fun to hear Patrick's voice and to see him with a mustache. The production was really great. They did a lot with digital projection and they updated it to a kind of WWII military look. Lots of fun and blood.
Oh --- Patrick Steward was also Professor X in the X-Men movies.