HUNGARY:
In Hungary, after SP finally joined us!
At the Balaton Lake (it's a bit nippy still)
A very impressive memorial to those who resisted the Communist government, particularly those lost in the 1956 revolution. Consists of individual pillars that progressively merge together into a solid front. You don't have to think hard to get the symbolism.
Memorial from another angle.
Budapest
POLAND
Biking in Gdansk
RAVENSBRUCK, GERMANY
The concentration camp, across the lake from the town of Furstenburg.
Memorial to the crematorium in front of the former camp wall, now called the Wall of Nations, which has the names of all the nations from which the women came.
The Roll Call Area, now also a memorial.
Women's Prison
Ravensbruck memorial.
BERLIN, GERMANY
SB eating a real German Burger at the May Day Festival
Between East and West Berlin
Holocaust memorial in Berlin
Walking amid the Holocaust memorial
Everyone needs one of these photos from Berlin
INDIA
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City street from the bus window, soon after landing.
Our apartment building.
Playing Gin Rummy in our apartment.
View from our balcony
Visiting a small village with the REACH workers.
Going to Hydearbad for our weekend trip
Finally, on the streets of Hyderabad!
Most trucks in India are painted and decorated (many much fancier than this)
View from the Charminar onto the street below.
Buddha statue in the middle of Hyderabad's lake.
If you go down this Secunderbad street, take a left up a narrow alley and ascend the stairs to the second floor, you can find a little shop that sells nice pearls there and have a necklace made to your specification.
Visiting the tombs of Hyderabad's old sultans. Many people appear to come here on the weekends to picnic...
...and play a bit of cricket.
At the tombs, leave your shoes outside if you are going to go in. And oh yeah, only men allowed...except in the tomb the sultan built for his wife; anyone can go there.
Little boy waiting for dad to finish his prayers inside the mosque.
Golconda Fort
View from Golconda Fort
When your driver runs out of gas in India, you can always find a nice stranger in the street (or your med school dean) to push the car.
Some images of Hyderabad, Secunderbad and Cyberbad from the road:
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And finally, some video bits (apologize for the poor quality)
Driving in Hyderabad: honking is the norm (all the time) and those little white lines in the middle of the road really don't mean anything.
Listening to Prabhakar's Indian rap:
Indian music playing in the background, windows down to let in the balmy night, and we're cruising - slowly - through the streets of Hyderabad, India.
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