Hey Mum,
another day with wonderful weather. We had a walk through the city. First we went to the place where the "West Port Canal" runs into the river Spree.
This is the Spree.
After crossing a bridge we went to the garden of the Charlottenburg Palace. It is the largest palace in Berlin and the only royal residency in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family. The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. It includes much exotic internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles. A large formal garden surrounded by woodland was added behind the palace, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion. During the Second World War, the palace was badly damaged but has since been reconstructed. The palace with its gardens are a major tourist attraction.
First we had a look to the map.
This is the tea house "belvedere".
The gardens of Charlottenburg Palace.
The carp pond.
The Mausoleum was built as a tomb for Queen Luise between 1810 and 1812.
The woodland.
Charlottenburg Palace in the background and the Orangerie in the foreground.
We left the Charlottenburg Palace and went to the Großer Tiergarten which is simply known as Tiergarten.
It is an urban public park of Germany located in the middle of Berlin, completely in the homonymous locality. The park is of 210 hectares (520 acres); and among urban gardens of Germany, only the Englischer Garten of Munich (417 ha/1,030 acres) is larger!
We walked through the whole garden, from east to west!
This is the memorial of Goethe, a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath.
This is the memorial of the composers Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn.
In the Tiergarten you can find many trees, ponds and small lakes.
Then I arrived at the Victory Column. It is a major tourist attraction to the city of Berlin. Berliners, with their fondness for giving nicknames to buildings, call the statue Goldelse, meaning something like "Golden Lizzy".
Next to Lizzy I saw the Bismarck Monument. It's really big!
At the end of the walk I saw one of the watergates of the Landwehrcanal. But this time there was no ship.
I think I walked a little bit too much! I'm so tired!
Yours,
Woozy
