Church dome in snow with gold angel perched on top.

Fresh snow blanketing a section of Jaggerstrasse.

Working late in the winter evening.

Winter carnival from a rooftop on Jaggerstrasse.

On old Staci headquarters which is now a Deutsche Bank.

A department store chain--a cross between Home Depot and Lowe's.

Night traffic on winter streets.

Otherworldly lighting at night on a roadside building outside Berlin.

Driving at night on a snowy road through the dark woods of the eastern border with Poland.

Sunset reflected in the window of an inn in Hoppengarten, the eastern countryside.

Road through the snowy woods at sundown near the eastern border with Poland.

A pond of ducks in Hoppengarten.

An eiderdown duck.

Ice skating rink in Berlin.

Glass and steel building in the light of dusk.

One of the many outdoor Christmas markets that dot Berlin in the magical snow.

Christmas decorations light up every window of this bank building.

The old historic churches contrast with the new Berlin architecture. Much of Berlin is rebuilt.

Carousel at an outdoor Christmas market. Germans celebrate the holidays outside.

The all glass and steel new Berlin central train station.

Lorie inside Takales--Berlin's famous alternative art center.

Me amidst the all white sculptures by the artist, Absalom, at the KW Museum for Contemporary Art on Auguststrasse.

Brass plaques commemorating deported Jews in front of houses throughout Berlin that sheltered them.

The Reichstag.

The German flag flies over the Reichstag.

Inside Berlin's Natural History Museum.

On the train tracks from Berlin to Warsaw blood red poppies bloom symbolically adding a touch of natural beauty to the grim history.