08 Juni 2012

Today we spent the day in Potsdam. It was such a cool town! So many interesting areas. A few of us want to go back and visit it again because we enjoyed it so much. The highlight of the day was definitely Erick Mendelsohn’s Einstein Tower. When it got into view, all of the architecture majors were almost running to it. I still can’t believe we got to see that in person. I had learned about this building in history class and never liked it in pictures, but after seeing it in person I like it. It was much taller than I realized, and much prettier.

Lauren, Connor, Will, and myself found a really great place for lunch here too. We enjoyed some yummy food outside in a courtyard under some umbrellas on our first day of nice weather here in Germany.

After that we spent the afternoon at the Sanssouci Park and Gardens. It housed the old palaces of the Hohenzollern family, which were some of the prettiest things I’ve ever seen. We spent the afternoon strolling through the gardens, listening to lectures from Dr. Stuckey about the history of these palaces. We took a tour of the Sanssouci Palace and walked through all the gardens.