Hello all, well this looks like it'll be my last entry. I'm actually back home already, but thought I should let everyone know what I did in my last two weeks. Thankfully the weather was kind enough to give me a little more snow. How gorgeous does my street sign look with the snow covered shrubs behind it.
I decided to get around Berlin one last time and check out a few things I hadn't yet had a chance to see or at least to photograph. The DDR Museum right on the banks of the Spree river is pretty small, but considering it was only opened last October has a pretty decent display.

The Palast der Republik is a little worse for wear. They're ripping it down (slowly, so they can reuse the materials) and are planning to rebuild the Berlin Schloss, which originally stood in its place.
Bebelplatz, the site of the 1932 book burnings. The monument to this tragic event is very well done. There is simply a white empty room underground, with enough room to hold 20,000 books.
The law faculty of the Humboldt University looks out onto Bebelplatz. And you think the law palace at Melbourne Uni is flashy...
Some of the statues on the bridge leading to the Berliner Dom (berlin cathedral). The cathedral is missing it's crowning glory, as the big golden cross has been taken down for repairs.

BERLINALE!!! I went and saw a film by the name of Die Faelscher. Really, really good. It was kinda annoying having all of these tourists in town for it though. Shopkeepers started treating me like I was stupid and talking to me in english all the time.

My very last ice hockey game. The eisbaeren won, naturally. 6:3. It was a great game. Edge of your seat type of action.
For my last weekly dinner with Dana we went to the Kartoffel Keller (potato cellar). Paul came too and we had a good night, even though the food wasn't that great.
I went with the boys, Richard and Derek, to the Dorotheenstadt cemetary. Some cool graves there. The boys were very excited by finding the philosopher Hegel.Before leaving Europe to come home I went to visit Lionel in Lyon. We went on a bus tour to see some of the city sights. The windows on the end of that yellow building are all painted on. There are a number of other buildings in Lyon which have similar artworks.

We went to a park for a lovely picnic lunch. The Parc de T'ete D'or. There was a gorgeous little zoo in the middle of the park which we had a look around, and also the gardens themselves.

Here I am standing near the Saone (or was it the Rhone?) when we went for a walk around town.
We visited the old roman ruins in Lyon too. Apparently Lyon used to be the capital of Gaul, so there's a lot of roman stuff about to look at.
On top of one of the hills beside Lyon stands this gorgeous basilica. It is a contemporary of the Sacre Coer in Paris, and quite simply beautiful.
I had to show proof of Lionel being domestic. Here he is making me eggs and bacon for breakfast. He also made a pretty decent penne carbonara, from scratch! I cooked for him too, of course. We ate very well during my stay.
So that's about it really. We had some adventures getting back home. Fran got lost on the Berlin train network, and then the airline had no record of her electronic ticket on the system. WE are home though and ultimately that's all that matters.
Til next time, this is the end of the adventures of Alice.