The Dutch quarter

After a good workout walking around the enormous grounds of Sanssouci,
we headed back into the main part of town to find a bite to eat. We
landed in the Dutch quarter, a settlement for Dutch workers in the
18th century. 134 red brick gabled houses were built for the workers
in 4 clusters throughout this district.

Wonder if home depot in Germany had this lampost?

Neues Palais facade

Baroque palace built in 1763 for Frederick the Great. Has over 200
rooms, and 2 equally elegent buildings out back for the staff.

The new palace...

At the far end of the grounds of the Sanssoui park is the new palace.
Guessing they ran out of guest rooms in the old palace??

The pleasure gardens...

Sculptures on the deck of the teahouse

The Chinese teahouse

But of course you need an entire house dedicated to taking afternoon
tea on the grounds of your palace!

Decadent art

The grounds of the palaces were covered with sculptures depicting a
decadent lifestyle, or a "life with no regrets"....

The "old" palace

Castle touring girls...

Jana, me and alexis in front of the fountain at the "old palace"
building and grounds.

Places to go, castles to see...

After wandering around doing a little shopping, Jana motivated us to
head south of berlin to the town of Potsdam. The current day site of
movie studios, we headed straight to the castle Sanssouci, translated
as "without a care". It was prettylate in the afternoon, so we passed
on the building yours, and opted to wander the extensive grounds.