Potsdam

Today Konrad and Big Frank went to Potsdam, a small city just on the edge of Berlin. Most recently it has some renown as the place where Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met and decided how to carve up Europe after World War II. However, the real renown of Potsdam lies with the palaces and parks where the Prussian kings lived in the 18th century. People come to Potsdam to see Sanssouci - the old summer palace of the Prussion kings, including Neues Palais, a monumental baroque palace with more than 200 richly adorned rooms, and Park Sanssouci, a 700 acre park established in 1725. Throughout the park are a number of interesting buildings from an orangeri to a Chinese tea house. Konrad and Big Frank took the train to Potsdam, and then rode a bus out to the palace. There was a an American woman on the bus who had been living in Germany for over 30 years and it appeared that she hadn't talked to any Americans during that time. She gave us a thorough explanation of everything as the bus rolled along. After our sightseeing, we walked back to the city center and had a cup of java at Starbucks before taking the train back to Berlin. Great Day!