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Photos from the Semester in Europe Fall 2006 trip to Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and France.

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GLS > “How much is 5000 Hungarian Forint in US dollars?” Kristin and Nicole learn about currency conversion at the airport in Budapest, our first stop on the SIE trip.

GLS > During our tour of Budapest we stopped at Fisherman’s Bastion in the Castle District on the Buda side of Budapest. Designed in 1895, Fisherman’s Bastion was never used for defense and instead serves as a viewing terrace. From there you get a great view of the Danube River and the Pest side. The Danube River runs through Budapest, with the hilly Buda side on the west bank and flat Pest on the east.

GLS > A perfect, cloudless autumn day in Budapest on the stairs leading up to Fisherman’s Bastion.

GLS > The Chain Bridge, also called Lion Bridge, is the most famous of the bridges connecting the two sides of Budapest.

GLS > Fresh out of the oven at an open-air market in Budapest – delicious!

GLS > Tim, Kristen and Allison outside the entrance to a metro station in Budapest

GLS > Hanging upside down with the Berlin Bear.

GLS > This is a replica of the famous sign at the former East-West Berlin border near Checkpoint Charlie, one of the crossing points between the two sides during the Cold War. The Berlin Wall divided the city for almost 30 years (1961-1989) and there were many escape attempts which are chronicled in the nearby Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

GLS > This Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, which opened in May 2005, was designed by NY architect Peter Eisenman and is dedicated to the six million European Jews killed by the Nazi government. The tribute contains 2,711 concrete slabs in an area the size of several football fields, lying between Brandenburg Gate and the site of Adolf Hitler’s bunker. It feels like you are walking through a labyrinth when you make your way through the stones, with the paths dipping and rising throughout the field. Eisenman said that he fought to keep names off the stones because having names would turn it into a graveyard. He prefers that people feel free to “use it for short cuts, as an everyday experience, not as a holy place.”

A perfect, cloudless autumn day in Budapest on the stairs leading up to Fisherman’s Bastion.

> A perfect, cloudless autumn day in Budapest on the stairs leading up to Fisherman’s Bastion.

A perfect, cloudless autumn day in Budapest on the stairs leading up to Fisherman’s Bastion.

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