Green gardens's by pesu

Potsdam - Germany, Brandenburg of Sanssouci

Uploaded: Apr, 12 2009 | Taken: May, 21 2008| Viewed: 25 times  | 5 votes Camera: SONY | Model: DSC-W1 | Exposure 10/1250s, ISO 100 | FLength: 8mm

jacko1 - Apr, 12 2009 04:04pm Is fishing allowed in this river Petra? I like a spot of fishing, never caught anything but I live in hope!:-) pesu - Apr, 12 2009 04:04pm Tony, for sure, it's allowed to Frederick II of Prussia. ;-) Hope dies last... jacko1 - Apr, 12 2009 05:04pm Thanks Petra, I don't quite understand what Frederick has to do with it but I will look it up. pesu - Apr, 12 2009 05:04pm Tony, the pic was taken in the park of his summer residence. jacko1 - Apr, 12 2009 06:04pm Thanks Petra, I have looked it up and am now an authority on Frederick the second, King of Prussia, :-) pesu - Apr, 12 2009 06:04pm Chapeau, Tony! ;-) jacko1 - Apr, 12 2009 06:04pm Petra, I thought that chapeau was French for hat, what's that got to do with it?. pesu - Apr, 12 2009 06:04pm French was the language at the court ... Still today Germans use the expression to show their respect - to take one's hat off to so. :) jacko1 - Apr, 12 2009 06:04pm Thank you Petra, now I understand, I respect the compliment.btw did you know that Frederick understood at least six languages, including latin, but did not like German very much?. pesu - Apr, 12 2009 06:04pm His favourite language was French - as usual at the European courts then. I don't know if he didn't like the German language at all but obviously he wrote a very Francophile treatise against the upswing of German-speaking literature in his time... aufgehts - Apr, 12 2009 08:04pm Thanks for all the history, you two. Petra, this is a very nice verdant pic.