Pictures from Potsdam

Potsdam is a smaller town that is attached to Berlin's transportation system. It technically belongs to and is the capitol of the state of Brandenburg in Germany. The above is a picture of part of what is known as the old city -- part of which is being restored in the wake of being left to ruin or destroyed by the DDR in the era of a divided Germany.
This building holds the Film Museum of Potsdam, which German Professor and I visited later that afternoon. There is an entire history of the Babelsberg Studios, which was cool.
Here is an example of one of the bizarre-looking facades that have been erected in front of some of the buildings in the town, as the city is concerned with returning itself to its former "aesthetically pleasing" glory that it was before the influence of the GDR.
Some of the ruins that have been recovered post-GDR era.
This is a mural on one of the buildings in town from the DDR period. There is debate over what to do with it, as Potsdam has been trying to get rid of former East-German influence, yet it is part of the history of the town.
This is a building that has not been touched since the end of World War II. Those are boards covering all the windows.
One of the gates of the city.

I believe this particular section of buildings is called the Dutch Quarter. It is the something quarter. I could be mistaken at this point. It was odd to see the buildings which, at first glance, all looked the same. But when one looks more closely, one can find many little differences.