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It's spargel
(asparagus) season here in Berlin. These four pieces weighed in at
1/4 pound apiece.
This is the "castle" on Peacock Island (Pfaueninsel). Looks nice from a distance, but it's quite obviously fake up close. It was built as a playhouse for the mistress of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II.
The Baltic Sea near Rostock on a stormy day.
Some pretty Hungarian garb.
A windmill near Sansoucci.
Some very funny armor. More funny armor -- a shield with a built in lantern for fighting at night, and an unhappy helmet.
Here are some photos of some of the earlier cutlery
in the Wartburg castle cutlery collection. These all date from the
early
1600s. This
has inlaid mother of pearl. Two of these
carved ivory figures have inlaid red jewels. These later examples
have built-in pistols,
for dining with your in-laws (2 photos of the same set from slightly different
angles).
A pretty half-timbered building in Thuringia.
Wartburg
castle, wherein we found a 16th century game
board. More pieces of the castle: 1,
2,
3
