People, Castles and Lawnmowers

As promised, here a few pictures:

The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin - no picture can describe the intense sadness and horror expressed


A look across

Inside

Race Day - The Swiss Embassy is right next to the Start Area!

What are these people doing heading into the woods?

Mmmmh... must be gathering to line up at the start.

Here's my start block - now how am I going to get over this fence??

I can see the start from 'ere!

The gun went off a few minutes ago, but we are still walking.

After about 5ks - still masses of people.

Finally, the running crowd is clearing - but wait, we're 400m from the finish. This is the picture I had been dreaming about, running through the Brandenburger Tor - awesome!

The following day still in Berlin, whilst passing through Unter den Linden (again, but at a leisurely pace) at the VW/Bugatti showroom - a real life Veyron (with a fan in front).

DDR - Museum - now that is a lawnmower!

Dresden - Altstadt and Neustadt with the Elbe upstream

Dresden - Elbe downstream - this guy is following me, I think!

Prague - the castle on the hill at night. Looks steep and made for hill training.

And during the day - still very steep.

The palace again, from the old town across the Vltava.

Charles Bridge - look, no tourists.

Castle Square - still no tourists (ok, it was 6am).

Nuremberg - another castle, another hill.

And the same at night - from our hotel room btw.

Rotto 2008 - just got my drink at k19, only 23 to go.