For the 3rd day the lead photo is food porn: we ate dinner at Grill Royal, oh some top 15 lists in city. We all had cow but this strawberry tart dessert was a winner
Okay, here's what we did today:
- Started w Gemaldegalerie (Old Masters) where KH wanted to see the vermeers (not many places have 2); EH hates V. I like the guys w cigars (#jk)
- Saw Charlottenburg Palace, begun in 1701 -- some baroque rooms survive the bombing in '44. If you look at photos, there's quite a pottery room. & Queen Sophie Charlotte's (yes, the palace & town are named after her) harpsichord was impressive (she could play, I hear)
- The Bregguen Museum was across the street, in what had been "the officers' casino" (so the sign translated it) for the palace, which has the world's largest collection of Picassos & Klees. The world is completely different after seeing that.
- We took too long to find the bus stop outside our flat 1st thing this AM bc a) Google maps didn't know where the stop was, b) you can't just ask Google what a bus stop sign looks like& get a decent response! (An H in a yellow circle)
- I want to go to the zoo & see the panda; I was told I'd already seen them in SAN Diego & DC. "But I want to see a European panda" wasn't a winning argument 😩
- When I told them what kind of souvenir I wanted KH said "of course you do." When I said that was her words but EH's voice, they laughed & laughed
- KH had beer for lunch. See pic -- "like they know how to pour beer here or something"
- At lunch, a young American w stroller came up to me & said "good shirt... My baby is wearing one just like it. He loves the Dutch." I was wearing my Dutch Soccer (aka flowers) shirt (v orange)
- In KH's continual struggle to do more, she said "I didn't know the museums were open last night till 8." 😂🤣 it was pointed out we had dinner at 5, napped, then went out for ice cream & then to bed. Where was another museum fitting in there?
- Google maps didn't know where the bus stop was on way to dinner either ðŸ˜
- In discussion of painting, I stated the obvious: Picasso liked naked women. Even the blue guitar has a decapitated breast in the corner. 😂
And texting the link doesn't work. So I'm emailing it. Enjoy.
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