Our first tour in Europe was on the Stadtrundfahrt Kaiser Tour.
Jet lag, timezone changes and listening to the whole tour in two different languages, proved to be a bit much for the kids at times.
It was a beautiful way to see the New Palace, Sanssouci Palace and the Cecilienhof in one easy two hour swoop though!
The New Palace
The New Palace. Built by Frederick the Great (mid-1700's)
The New Palace
The New Palace
SCHLOSS SANSSOUCI
The windmill outside the castle
A gentleman playing the fife at the enterance to Sanssouci
Patience and I hanging out by the castle
The statues on the front of the castle
Dennis
The grave stone on the terrace of Sanssouci Palace of Frederick II who died in August 1786. The potatoes on his grave are to give thanks because during the War of Bavarian Succession in the late 1770's, Frederick II ordered all people who had any land available grow potatoes and donate them to the starving. Thus saving thousands from death.
Statue in the gardens
It was popular to have Roman ruins. Therefore these ruins were made for that garden view. 
Matthew and Patience back on the bus
SCHLOSS CECILIENHOF
Schloss Cecilienhof is where the Potsdam Conference of 1945 took place. The Potsdam Conference was the meeting was attended by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman, met to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. They determined the postwar borders in Europe. 
In 2011 Cecilienhof earned the European Heritage Label.
Matthew noticed the face first. Funny thing, all of the chimneys were of different brick patterns.
Patience working through a bit of jetlag 
The beautiful extensive gardens 
One of the amazing trees in the gardens
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