Boat Trip Day 2, Part 2

After passing through the center of the city, our trip got more relaxing as we passed through Charlottenburg and the Wannsee.

In Charlottenburg, we passed by the Schloss Charlottenburg, a 17th century summer palace. We couldn't get that great of a picture of the acutual castle though.


[Palace gardens]

We also picked up Jurgen's mom, so that she could come a long for the ride.


[Jurgen's mom even drove the boat for a little while]

As we were passing through another lock, the captains began to get a little worried. It was already 1:00 oclock and we had to get all the way through Spandau, the Wannsee and make it to Potsdam by 6:00. Based on the calculations our captains made, it looked like we would really have to go top speed (which was rather slow) all the way in order to make it in time.


[The captains contemplating]

Once we were on the Wannsee, it was a little more uneventful, since it is such a big lake. There were lots of sailboats out, but we were too far away to see anything on the shore and were just out in the open water.


[On the Wannsee]

After we had been boating for a while, we realized that we were actually ahead of schedule and our calculations had been wrong. This gave us time to go on the "Kleiner Wannsee" or smaller Wannsee, where we got to see some pretty amazing villas.


[One was a boat house]


[Others were just ridiculously large properties]

Once we went through the Wannsee, we started nearing Potsdam.


[While Cliff drove, Jurgen got to take a little break]


[The Babelsberg Castle and grounds]

We ended up pulling up to the dock around 4, way ahead of schedule. Luckily, we were able to get the boat in before the rain came again. This gave us time to get back to town and go out to dinner, ironically at a restaurant that was a boat!


[The Resturant]


[Jurgen's meat-meal]


[Jurgen, Marjena, and Dad giving a cheers!]