Lunch w/o a Care
Lunch at Park Sans Souci was a delight. First was the Drachenhaus itself.
(Hisses: we hatesss rococo!)
But the food was the surprise: a simple "hearty german snack plate" was an elegant presentation of delicious seedy bread, paté-like meatloaf, and the prettiest fresh lettuce we'd ever seen.
This meal went a long way toward restoring us for more viewing, and we headed out for the Neue Palais.
The New Palace
The New Chambers and Orangerie palace weren't enough. After successfully prosecuting the Seven Years' War, Fred wanted still more room for guests and state functions so he commissioned the New Palace at the far west end of his Potsdam estate.
The lamppost o' love
Here one tours through yet another succession of lavishly-furnished chambers. One is worth mention: the Grotto Hall.
It is entirely encrusted in sea shells and mineralogical samples, some assembled into mosaic shapes.
Outside the New Palace, the sky was spectacular and provided an awesome backdrop for a gilded Pomona.
(Pomona, Roman goddess of plenty, was a favorite of Fred The Fruit Farmer.)
Closing Out Berlin
We walked the 2 kilometers back to the bus stop partly through a heavy rain shower, but also through bursts of sunlight that enabled good shots of Sans Souci palace as shown earlier. Bus ride; S-Bahn ride; and we were back to the vicinity of the Memorial Church we discovered on Sep. 1, and just in time for the 6pm Vespers service with an organ concert.
The occasion was pleasant, although the organist's selection of pieces was quite odd, chosen we think to show his technique rather than to please the audience.
But nearby was an IMBISS fast-food place where we finally got to try a German specialty, Curry-Wurst. This German cultural icon consists of hot sausage sliced to bite-size bits, smothered in ketchup and then sprinkled with a copious dusting of curry powder. David calls it "strangely good," and Marian, just "strange."
Burping softly we went home and packed for Munich!
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