By May the 16th, it finally started getting a bit warmer in Berlin. Not warm enough to wear shorts, but at least to shed a few layers. The Berliners, of course, were packing the outdoor cafes, lounging on grass, strolling and enjoy the sun !!! Normally, on a Sunday, I'd go to the Tiergarten flea market, but really, bargins there are few and far between. I had planned on taking the train to Hamburg for the wonderful Sunday Fish Market, but I just wasn't up to that much travel, so decided to go see Schloss Charlottenburg which was a new city sight for me. The Palace was essentially built in the 1600/1700s by one of the early Wilhelms who named it after his wife. Hard to believe that this was to be a summer palace out
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