Breakfast as usual this morning, then checked out.
Our first stop was in Potsdam. I'd been here with the sweetie eight years ago. Last time we hired bikes and got around *heaps* of the palaces and things to see. We also had a brilliant day for it. Today it was grey. :(
Our first stop was the Glienicker Brücke - "Bridge of Spies" - for a quick photo stop.
Glienicker Brücke
Colonnade at Glienicker Brücke
Colonnade at Glienicker Brücke
Then onto Sans Souci palace. The vines hadn't come out yet so it was all a little grey. But still quite pretty and there were bulbs already flowering in the gardens at the bottom.
Schloss Sanssouci - Sanssouci Palace
Terraces at Sanssouci Palace
Statue and terraces at Sanssouci Palace
Ducks next to the creek at the bottom of Sanssouci Palace
Flowers at Sanssouci Palace
Flowers at Sanssouci Palace
Me at one of the gazebos at Sanssouci Palace
Photo by Mum
Colonnaded courtyard on the north side of Sanssouci Palace
Historic wind mill
Then they took us into town and dropped us off for some free time. We went into the Nikolai church because that was just there. Then Mum and I went off for a walk. Got up to the Brandenburg Tor, then back up Brandenburger strasse to Nauener Tor, back through the Dutch village, and back to the coach.
Church of St Peter and Paul
Obelisk outside St Nikolai Church
Altes Rathaus - the Old Town Hall
St Nikolai Church
Interior of St Nikolai Church
Domed roof of St Nikolai Church
Fortuna Gate of the Stadtschloss (City Palace). Everything was reconstructed from scratch from 2007
The stables were the only remains of the Stadtschloss that survived WWII and the communist regime, now a film museum
Pretty cherry blossoms on Lindenstraße
Brandenburger Tor - the Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam
Fountain in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam
View towards Church of St Peter and Paul
Nauener Tor
Buildings in the Dutch Quarter
Buildings in the Dutch Quarter
Buildings in the Dutch Quarter
Bassinplatz and buildings in the Dutch Quarter
Most people slept on the coach ride south to Leipzig. I stayed awake and talked to the sweetie for a bit. Had a brief toilet stop (by now this is the third toilet I've had to pay for today :(:( ) and continued on, getting here at nearly 3:30pm.
Wind turbine blade on a truck at Köckern West Rest Stop
In Leipzig we met a local guide for a walking tour of the old town. Highlights included the Thomas Church, the oldest coffee house in Germany, the market square and the Nikolai Church.
Western facade of Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church)
Bach-Archiv (Bach-Museum) - museum for J.S. Bach
Southern side of Thomaskirche
Statue of Johann Sebastian Bach outside Thomaskirche
Interior of Thomaskirche
Interior of Thomaskirche
Tomb for J.S. Bach (since 1950)
Roof of Thomaskirche
Interior of Thomaskirche
Stained glass window of J.S. Bach in Thomaskirche
Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church)
Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum (The Arabian Coffee Tree) - the oldest coffee house in Germany
Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum
Altes Rathaus - the Old Town Hall
Alte Börse - formerly home to the Leipzig Stock Exchange
Naschmarkt and the rear of the Altes Rathaus (right)
Pretty trees and park next to Thomaskirche
Thomaskirche
Then to the hotel. Not a bad room, although the view is a little boring - the roof of the atrium!
Went out for dinner tonight to a restaurant in the old town. Had some mushroom soup, some sausage and potato, and this weird (but nice) cake thing with apple sauce.
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