The gate

Ishtar Gate, eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.

Steps

Just a few thousand years old.

Man on a horse, again

Ride on.

Top of the island

The Bode at the bow.

Upstream

Berlin Dom on the Spree.

scars

After all these years.

That lived in look

No white washing the past.

It's that distressed look

Earned the hard way.

Check it out

The Neues dresses down.

Fixer-upper

Museum with scars.

Some wear and tear

But the Neues Museum has Queen Nefertiti as a resident.

Saddle up

King Frederick lords it up at the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Berlin cultural pit stop

Museum Island beckons.

What's behind the green door?

Don't know, but probably something cozy.

A bit of home, sort of

Burgers at the American cafe.

Unter den Linden over here

Victoria at the quadriga reins.

Parking space on the roof for a chariot

Berlin begins here.

Da 'hood

A Pretzlauer Berg stop on the U-Bahn.

Yonder lies our hotel

Courtyard within courtyard.

Berlin lives on . . .

A dog by any other name. . .

A little traveling music, please

I can dance to that.

On the S-Bahn

Let's see, the U_Bahn station is where?

Berlin, jah?

Jah, Berlin.

Off we go

It's a long way to Tipperary...

At the starting gate

Ready to roll--here, there, everywhere.

Securite de la gare

Keeping an eye out.

Shopping the gare

As long as you're here, buy something.

Traveling on

Taking the overnight.

Are we there yet?

Taxi to the station.

Steppin' out

The street lives.

Tight

But with room to spare.

Photojournalist

Starting young.

Back to the ville

Versailles station.

La chat royale

Her royalness looks for a handout.

Water views

Life is good.

Garden diety

Another hunk of marble.

Garden du jour

Moveable trees.

You're peaking

Run along now.

Time to plant the posies

Only 800 more beds to go.

The regiments assemble

Ain't it grand?

Gilt

There's a spare room where you can crash.

Oz

Gate to the royal crib.

Sleepy train

On the road to Versailles.

Transport

Paris is a two wheeler kind of town.

Heroes

Not the sandwiches, though.

Amour

Metro love.

It's everywhere

No escaping it.

A long day at the office, mon cheri…

And you?

Not good times

Falling through the cracks.

The center of town

The fat lady is warming up.