Sun Sketches

Anyone out there listen to CBC's Vinyl Cafe? Ya, I do, I'm a CBC dork. Whatev.

Here are some pictures from Peck's camera on the trip, I think he has more to come.

The Fab Four at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The Nazi's used the Gate as their symbol, and it was also part of the Berlin Wall, cut off from East Berliner's by the death strip.

Here it is during the fall of the wall:During the walking tour in Berlin, note the unrestored buildings around, still waiting for the united Berlin to get to them after decades of neglect by the Communists:

The Sony Center in Berlin, pretty cool building, a piece of modern goodness: After a hockey game, why can't we get beers like this in dressing rooms in Canada? Oh ya, we're, we're influenced by the overbearing rules of the police state to the south of us. Loosen up Canada.
Team Canada and the Berlin police team, after an exhibition game. Jared and I (left back row) donned the Berlin jersies for this one:
Well earned:
Outdoor rink in Berlin... had the ice cooling system and everything... great idea. But it doesn't get that cold in Berlin, so I'm not sure this would be utilized in Calgary where it gets to -30...??

Amsterdam, local hangout. It was closed at the time we visited, but still posed for a pic:
Giant Dutch shoe. Boo ya:
German countryside:
The van in Berlin:
Graffiti in Berlin. Everywhere you went there was some, and it worked...

Striking it:
Mad Dog line in the Netherlands:
1-litre beers, ya that's how you do it when on a hockey roadtrip to Europe:
Let's cheers our one litre beers:
Cafe Momfer De Mol in Den Haag. We were there every night, keeping our tab open for the whole stay. That's the owner Joep in the background... He was a great host, as usual... 3 years running we've here: