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home/Phog's host, Germany/South Africa - 21st April 2012
By: MA_17
Happy Birthday to my brother Phog who's in South Africa at the moment! Check out his birthday party!
Meow & purr
Alex
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Posted Apr 24, 2012, 10:01 am
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home, Germany - 27th April 2012
By: MA_17
Today I asked DuDette if she knows that street. She told me to ask DuDu, 'cause he's Mr. Undercover and maybe knows the street at home.
She said I'm a crazy cat, just because I'm having a SF calender.
Meow & purr
Alex
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Posted Apr 28, 2012, 9:58 pm
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Berlin, Germany - 29th April 2012
By: MA_17
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Posted Apr 30, 2012, 8:53 pm Last edited Apr 30, 2012, 11:06 pm by MA_17
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in a field, Germany - 3rd May 2012
By: MA_17
Today we passed a field of rape. It looks so beautiful.
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Posted May 3, 2012, 10:42 pm
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home, Germany - 5th May 2012
By: MA_17
Uhm, what's this?
It's getting darker and darker and the stairs under my feet are moving!
Ahh, a tunnel with really big lights.
Crazy world!
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Posted May 6, 2012, 12:33 am
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somewhere in the city, Germany - 10th May 2012
By: MA_17
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Posted May 10, 2012, 10:24 pm Last edited May 11, 2012, 2:32 pm by MA_17
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Potsdam, Germany - 13th May 2012
By: MA_17
Today I showed the city of Potsdam to my girls. It is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and is situated on the River Havel, 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Berlin city centre.
We started our tour in the city center of this beautiful city. Behind me you an see the Nauen Gate. It was built in 1755 and is one of the first examples of the influence of English Gothic Revival architecture in Continental Europe. It is located in close proximity to the Dutch Quarter, which you can see on the second picture. The Quarter is consisting of 134 red brick buildings in the Dutch style, almost all of which have been renovated. It was built from 1733 to 1740. It is considered as Europe's largest collection of Dutch-style houses outside the Netherlands.
This is the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
This is Brandenburg Gate. Yes, Potsdam is also having one, but it is smaller than the one in Berlin. It was built in 1770/71.
"Inside/under" Brandenburg Gate.
This is the Protestant Church of Peace (Friedenskirche). It is situated in the Marly Gardens on the Green Fence in the palace grounds of Sanssouci Park.
Look, behind me you can see the famous palace of Sanssouci! This is the south view. You can also see the vineyards. Sanssouci is the name of the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. The castle with its parks and other castles is one of the biggest UNESCO World Heritages. The palace was built in the Rococo style between 1745 and 1747.
Here you can see the Sanssouci Picture Gallery. It is the oldest extant museum built for a ruler in Germany.
The vineyard next to the Picture Gallery. Very greeeeeeen!
From the north side of Sanssouci Palace, between the columns, you can see the colonnade of the court of the Ruinenberg on the other side. A round temple, three high ionic columns, a small pyramid, and a ruined wall, designed as if from a Roman theatre, were grouped around the pool.
This is the Historic Mill and it became a famous well beyond the boundary of Potsdam. The design reflects construction methods around the year 1800, its technical equipment in part that of the turn of the 19th century. It is an octagonal post and has a height of 25.78 metres and, up to the upper edge of the sail, 35.45 metres. The stone pedestal is 13.41 metres, the wooden smock is 12.37 metres and the length of the rods is 12 metres each.
The Orangery Palace is also known as the New Orangery on the Klausberg. It was built by the Romantic on the Throne, Friedrich Wilhelm IV from 1851 to 1864. It has a 300 meter long front and lots of palm trees inside.
From the Orangery you can see Belvedere on the Klausberg. It is a reconstruction of the Imperial Palace on the Palatine Hill in ancient Rome.
I love all these flowers!
This is the New Palace and it is situated on the western side of the park. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War and was completed in 1769. It is considered to be the last great Prussian baroque palace.
We also saw the Roman Baths of the the prince. This is the garden house and the house for its keepers. Both were built in Italian country house style.
The last we visited in the park was the Chinese House. It is a garden pavilion and it was built in the then-popular style of Chinoiserie, a mixture of ornamental rococo elements and parts of Chinese architecture.
Meow & purr
Alex
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Posted May 13, 2012, 11:37 pm
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