Sunday, July 18, 2010Matt and Marianna met us in the lobby of our hotel at 10:45 and we took the train and bus to Potsdam to the Sans Sousi Palace of Frederick I. The grounds are many many acres and include this palace, the New Palace and several other buildings and elaborate places, including a Chinese tea house that you can see is mostly gold.
We had a great time there and walked and talked together. It was fun and interesting to get to know Marianna. She is a beautiful person inside and out. After all the exploring, we found an outdoor place to have lunch and enjoyed our first experience with German sausages. This is a picture of Currywurst. It was served with your choice of bread, fries, or potatoe salad, which is more like small fried potatoes with skins on, onions and seasonings.
Yes, that is the curry sprinkled on top and it was really good.
We took many pictures, but here are a few to share
We got back to the hotel at about 5:00 pm, Matt and Marianna went back to their homes and we all got dressed up and met back at our hotel to go to dinner. We went to a German restaurant and three of us had Weinersnitzel and Matt had duck. Following are pictures of us and the food, including dessert.
We had a wonderful day. It was after 11:00 when we got back to the hotel and said our goodbyes. Good fun, good food, and good company - who could ask for more!!! We hope to see them once more before we leave Berlin on Wednesday morning.
OH, Linda, I love these pictures. Matt looks like his brothers, and Marianna is indeed very beautiful! The palace grounds look breath-taking, and so does the dessert platter, so I hope you were able to have a small nibble. Keep the stories and photos coming!
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