Palaces

Today I went here. (Charlottenburg palace) However this is not the picture that I took myself. This is from the interwebs, because I was frustrated a bit with my foto. A guy was standing right inbetween the gates and decided to take a picture of each detail on the gate itself and the two statues on the top. sooo you see the need for this picture.

The palace was very grand and amazing but the most amazing part really was the collection. The interior was bombed during wwII so alot of the palace has been reconstructed. the most impressive part is how much wealth the castle is sitting on. the property itself is huge with gardens that extend behind the palace. It also contains a very large silver dishware collection, as well as a gold dishware set, and a large handmade porcelin collection. the ammount of silver alone is in the millions. The family jewels, which are actually real, have mostly been stolen or given away. the remaining jewels are amazingly the king´s collection of diamond snuff boxes. yes I said snuff boxes which contained snuff, which is in fact cocaine. its amazing that after all these years the snuff boxes are the ones to remain. Of course the crowns the king and queen wore, and the royal sword and armor are all there, but the jewels have been damaged or removed on most of them.

Afterwards I soon took refuge from the cold in a bookstore that happens to be 3 stories. yess