This weekend, I melted (It was hot and Germans apparently don't believe in air conditioning except for the air conditioning used for the machinery in our lab because machines need to stay cool, but... humans? nah!).
On Saturday, I visited Potsdam. We walked around the Sanssouci Park where the Sanssouci palace is located. Sanssouci means 'without sorrows'. I could see why, if I lived in a place like that I think quite a bit of my sorrows would dissipate. The park was green and natural. As we walked up to the palace, small, golden blooms of the nearby trees blew everywhere covering the small streams and the path with a sheet of sunny yellow. We sat down at the benches to admire the view: green, terraced steps leading up to a simple yet elegant yellow summer palace (magnifico!). Upon closer examination, we saw golden gazebos and the tomb of Frederick the Great (lucky Prussian king who summered there!!!), buried alongside his prized ducks (this guy was apparently crazy about his ducks). We then wandered through the park which was filled with other impressive structures.
LILY
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