Hey Mommy,
today we had some cultures...
First we walked around the castle and the park. The Gardens had its origin in the 17th century, when the marriage of Leopold's great-grandfather Prince John George II of Anhalt-Dessau to the Dutch princess Henriette Catharina, in 1659 brought a team of engineers and architects from the Low Countries to lay out the town, the palace and a Baroque garden in the former settlement of Nischwitz, which was renamed Oranienbaum in 1673. The Dutch influence remained prevalent in the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau for many decades. Oranienbaum Palace was finished in 1683 as the summer residence of Henriette Catharina, where she retired after the death of her husband in 1693. From 1780 on Duke Leopold III had the palace and the park rebuilt in a Chinese style with several arch bridges, a tea house and a pagoda. In 1811, the orangery was built, with 175 m (574 ft) in length one of the largest in Europe, which still serves to protect a wide collection of citrus plants.
The front...
...the back.
The fruits (oranges and lemons) mellow.
We also went into the castle! We visited the Dutch Design exhibition which takes part for a few months. It was opened by the Queen of the Netherlands.
We bought some tickets where we didn't have to pay the full price and a permission for taking pictures inside!
It was really interesting and so much to see on 3 floors!
Some vases...
...and a lovely lamp.
It's time for dinner!
They had chicken in the cellar! Ok, no real ones...
I think I could need a new dress...
I really enjoyed the day!
little Sunny