The city of castles

The title may be a bit misleading… Potsdam isn’t really a city. More like a quaint old town? But the number of castles/palaces is astounding.

Anyway, it was its quaintness that attracted me to visit it, but in the end I didn’t like it that much…it wasn’t as pretty as I expected.

Potsdam is about an hour’s train ride away from Berlin, making it an easy day trip. With an all-zone Berlin public transport ticket, we can go all the way to Potsdam and even use the public transport there.

a square not too far away from the train station

inside the church in the said square

another angle

another church? (I don't really know and I don't care, it's not pretty enough :P )

the Dutch quarter; we can tell by the red brick buildings!

the small streets of the Dutch quarter

Nauener Tor, one of the gates

Augustiner in Potsdam!

See previous post about Augustiner here.

Saw a few French restaurants in Potsdam. They were more expensive than the other restaurants!

took a photo of this because, how often do you see black waving cats?

I had lunch in the Dutch quarter, in a small Dutch pancake restaurant called Poffertjes en Pannekoeken.

see all those Dutch clogs decorating the ceiling?

I can’t remember exactly what I ordered, but it was a pancake with apple, ham, and probably raisins. Quite filling, actually, because the pancake wasn’t exactly thin. And pretty yummy :)

zoom-in to see some ham and raisins

I’m not sure whether it was because it was a Saturday, but there were stalls lined up on a street.

The most notable were a Coffee Bike and a Coffee Whale. :P

It started to rain around this time, so I looked around for shelter…

Jagertor under the cloudy skies (it was already unimpressive, being so small :P )

after the skies cleared up a bit

Looking at Google Maps, this is Hegelallee. Jagertor is somewhere in the middle of it, and it leads right up to Brandenburger Tor (same name as the one in Berlin, but smaller).

Brandenburger Tor of Potsdam

The next two photos are the prettiest I have of Potsdam; because the skies had cleared, and the square (Luisenplatz) is pretty. I couldn't decide which one to post, so I decided to share both. :P

After that, I entered the maze...of palaces. But that will be for another post.