Our friend, Sue Linehan, told us not to miss Potsdam so today we hopped a train, rode about an hour, and visited Frederick the Great's opulent palace playground. It was a great day for it because the sun came out with 80 degree weather, quite a change from yesterday's biting winds and low 50 degree temperature.Whoops - the bus that was supposed to whisk us from the train to the palace grounds was still on strike! But all was not lost, we took a tram that required quite a bit of walking (but we needed some exercise).
The palace grounds were quite impressive and we decided to tour the Neues Palais (New Palace). Well, not quite so new - it was built in 1769 with more than 200 rooms to accommodate all of Frederick's political guests and to show the world that Prussia was a force to be reckoned with! We made it through 20 ornate rooms complete with some original furnishings - not quite our taste, but we could appreciate the craftsmanship of the royal rooms. We really enjoyed a complementary golf cart ride back through the gardens - the lilacs and azaleas were blooming and fragrant.
Check us out having a bowl of spargel soup for lunch. Spargel is white asparagus that is only available mid May to late June. It is delicious and we cannot get enough of it! Just yummy!
Tomorrow we leave via train to begin our first Friendship Force Exchange in Schwerin, Germany.
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