Today we went to Potsdam, the old Prussian capital. We walked around the lake to the Cecilienhof Palace where the Potsdam Conference was held in 1945. The Palace was built for the Crown Prince Wilhelm in 1917 in the style of an English country mansion. It was beautiful and the surrounding gardens lovely. The self guided audio tour was informative. We then went into Potsdam to the Dutch quarter were we had a lovely German lunch in a cosy restaurant. Potsdam is an old medieval city with beautiful gates and interesting buildings. We walked to the Sanssouci Palace, built by Frederick the Great in 1745-47. In the evening we went to a concert in the Philharmonie to a Johannes Bach Concert. Beautiful music but the concert was in German (funny that) so Jenny had to translate which made it hard to follow the story. After we had hot chocolate at Potsdamer Platz. This is a new city centre, and the Sony Centre an impressive structure of steel and glass. Another full day in Berlin. Berlin is a great city to visit and even better when you have hosts like Jenny and Karl. It is easy and cheap to travel on public transport-if only Sydney had a public system nearly as good!. The food is great and there is so much to see and do.Monday, April 6, 2009
Berlin Day 3
Today we went to Potsdam, the old Prussian capital. We walked around the lake to the Cecilienhof Palace where the Potsdam Conference was held in 1945. The Palace was built for the Crown Prince Wilhelm in 1917 in the style of an English country mansion. It was beautiful and the surrounding gardens lovely. The self guided audio tour was informative. We then went into Potsdam to the Dutch quarter were we had a lovely German lunch in a cosy restaurant. Potsdam is an old medieval city with beautiful gates and interesting buildings. We walked to the Sanssouci Palace, built by Frederick the Great in 1745-47. In the evening we went to a concert in the Philharmonie to a Johannes Bach Concert. Beautiful music but the concert was in German (funny that) so Jenny had to translate which made it hard to follow the story. After we had hot chocolate at Potsdamer Platz. This is a new city centre, and the Sony Centre an impressive structure of steel and glass. Another full day in Berlin. Berlin is a great city to visit and even better when you have hosts like Jenny and Karl. It is easy and cheap to travel on public transport-if only Sydney had a public system nearly as good!. The food is great and there is so much to see and do.
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Glad you enjoyed Berlin after the trauma of getting there. We had a good time there. You are so right about the transport! how hard can it be to run an efficient system. Paris is similar as you will find out. We did not find it hard to fill our days in Berlin....and enjoyed the food and the beer!
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