Photos from the Netherlands and Germany, 2004

in Amsterdam, everyone is Superman. No one even notices anymore.

Amsterdam in a nutshell

rigging of The Amsterdam, a restored 1750's colonial ship

coot at home

coots taking over a boat--if I hadn't been watching, they'dve loosed the ropes and been off.

You haven't seen bike culture 'till you've seen the Netherlands.

a little slice of Delft--typical Dutch individuality smushed in with typical density

one of the most famous Amsterdam squats

by contrast, this is the main Berlin squat

not Mad Max, just artists in the squat above

antique mural (maybe if we picture socialism with accordions, people will start to like it!)

this's the kind of mural you see today

antique harpsichord in Berlin's musical instrument museum

the red banners aren't for communism's comeback, just an exhibition of Chinese art. So I was told.

the Potsdamerplatz UFO

flowers cover the sandbags of Checkpoint Charlie

edge of the longest remaining section of the wall

trees of a rich west-side park through a chink in the wall

lamp at the Hamburg arts & crafts museum

man, they must get some really high tides in Hamburg...