We started the day with half a kilo of strawberries. You will be familiar with the junk food stands in the streets, but we discovered the strawberries stands, where you can buy fresh -an delicious- strawberries by the kilo.
Then we headed to Postdam and its wonderful palaces. We went around the Sansoucis Palace, the Picture Galery, the Chinese Pavilion, the New Chambers, the Lady's Wing, and criss-crossed the park looking for the botanical garden and its orchid greenhouse, which was, alas, closed to the public.
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| Nenuphar - Greenhouse |
We learned more than we ever waited to on Rococo Style, painting, wood work and marbles, which are interesting but will need some time to sink in. We got some taning time in, too, while waiting for each other.
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| Postdam: the windmill |
In the Chinese Pavilion, there is a peculiar echo effect when one stand in the middle of the room: the echo seems to be coming back from... above! We had fun declaiming Le Corbeau et le Renard to each other to test it.
And after a long and quite full day, we went back, me trudging along on nicely shaking knees.
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