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7/31/05
12:28 am
Where was I in 1986?

In 1986, my father took my brother and I on a trip to Europe - mostly Germany, both East and West, as well as some time in Yugoslavia and Austria, and of course Lichtenstein.

Somewhere along the way, we stopped at this pretty impressive looking palace:

schloss-sanssouci

Nearly 20 years later, I have no clue which palace it was, but I’d like to know so I can reference it. Hmmm… here’s an interesting shot. And probably one I over-exposed (14 year olds with manual-everything Yashica cameras tend to do that):

Chinese Teahouse

Huh… I wonder if at full resolution that sign says where we are…

chinese-teahouse-zoom

Chinesisches Teehaus? Hmmm…. wonder what good ol’ MSN Search has to say… no, no, no…hey, what are these refs to Sanssouci Park? Bingo! This was the summer palace of Fredrich II, his “Sanssouci Palace.” Sans souci is French for “without worry.”

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