"Olympia-Stadion" if it couldn't get more obvious. The reason why I thought this was beacuse the stadium is outside the city so there are these trees, a little land bridge, and dead quite. Thankfully, after walking under the bridge I saw a sign point in the direction of the stadium. Once I get to there I have to go get a ticket at the visitor's center, this is because when there is no event going on it becomes like a museum. I looked around taking pictures and what nost when I see the Olympic torch holder on the other side of the stadium. I walk around and after taking some pictures of it look at the placks that name all the winners of the 1936 Olympics. Before leaving I passed the VIP boxes, there was this plack talking about Hitler and his envolvment in the Olympics. I then got to go to the box were he sat, I got a VERY CREEPY feeling when I got near his seat. I then left and did the rest of the sites in order in going back to the hotel. The next stop for me was the Schloss (or in English, palace) Charlottenburg. Something that caught my attention was that the pipes, walking to the palace from my metro stop, were above the ground, see...
This palace, by architect Peter Joseph Lenné, was built to "unite" nature, art, and architecture in a "Prussian Arcadia" in 1825, at the behest of Prince Carl von Preussen. The neo-classicist architect, Karl Friedrich Schinkel converted the original palace into a summer residence in the Italian country-house style. There are 4 main buildings on the estate; Schloss Charlottenburg (the main building), Neuer Pavillion (the "cotage" on the estate), Belvedere (a tea/relaxation "cottage" for the Queen), and the Masoleum were some of the royal family is buried. The Palace grounds and park is one of the most significant historic garden monuments in Germany. It was designed as a Baroque garden at the end of the 17th century by Siméon Le Nôtre. Though during the 19th century landscape architect Johem A. Eyserbeck and architect Peter Joseph Lenné converted the grounds into an evocative "English" landscape garden. Never the less, a portion of the Baroque tree lined avenue structured and boscages havesurvived. Also, the mausolem is the burial place of the Hohenzollern family. It was built in 1810 in the style of a Doric temple, by H. Gentz with help from Karl Freidrich Shinkel. It was then extended in 1841 and between 1888-18890. In the crypt lie the remains of Queen Luise (d. 1810), King Frederick William III (d. 1840), Kaiser William I (d. 1888), Queen Augusta (d. 1890), and Prince Albrecht of Prussia (d. 1872). On the way back I stopped by "Bellevue" to take a picture. "Bellevue" is the German equivalent of our "White House" and is were the presidential family live. After that I just one more place to visit before going back to my hotel to pack. On my walk over I passed the Eingang Siegessaule which is this statue in the middle of a 10 way round-a-bout. The last place that I wanted to see was the Mercedes-Benz Complex. This complex not only has the headquaters of the company in many different buildings throughout the complex, it has a dealership, cinemas, a musical theatre, IMAX, arcade, a Grand Hyatt Hotel, a mall, even a casino; if you don't believe me just look at the picture of the complex's map. When I was walking back to the hotel I passed this cool fountain, so I took a picture.
ROYAL VISITING COMING UP....
