Summer 2011: Our favorite reader photos

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"Our family was on the final leg of a European trip that concluded with four days in Dresden, Germany. Our 14-year-old daughter Natalie's friend Beryl had recently moved to Dresden with her family from the San Diego area, and we vowed to take Natalie for a visit. The two families had a final day of sightseeing June 13, which turned out to be a local holiday, so the shops in Kunsthofpassage -- an artists' village in the heart of new Dresden -- were closed. However, this colorful Kunsthofpassage building, with its imaginative drainage system, entertained us all."

Kunsthofpassage, Dresden, Germany

( Ken Breuer, Encinitas, Calif. )

"Our family was on the final leg of a European trip that concluded with four days in Dresden, Germany. Our 14-year-old daughter Natalie's friend Beryl had recently moved to Dresden with her family from the San Diego area, and we vowed to take Natalie for a visit. The two families had a final day of sightseeing June 13, which turned out to be a local holiday, so the shops in Kunsthofpassage -- an artists' village in the heart of new Dresden -- were closed. However, this colorful Kunsthofpassage building, with its imaginative drainage system, entertained us all."