We took a short train ride to Potsdam, which is on the outskirts of Berlin. Our tour of Potsdam was unique bwcause we rented bicycles and biked around the city. We saw three major palaces, the most famous being Cecilienhof which is where the U.S., Britain, and Russia held the Potsdam Conference. This is also the location where Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Our bike tour lasted almost 5 hours and we did get rained on....thankfully for only the last 5 minutes of the tour. Sunday night we got to go to a concert performed by the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic. The piece they played was called "The Creation" written by Joseph Haydn. It depicts the creation of the world as described in the book of Genesis.
Above: A bridge in Potsdam. Halfway across the bridge you would cross from East to West Germany.
Above: Some of the group members taking in the sights during our bike tour.
Above: The outside of Schloss Cecilienhof.
Above: An interesting windmill we saw during our bike tour.
How was the concert? Haydn isn't my favorite, but I'm sure the Berlin Philharmonic and their awesome concert hall made it neat to see!
ReplyDeleteThe concert was good. The accoustics in the symphony hall were amazing. The piece contained quite a lot of vocals but they were in German so I didn't understand them.
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