The Schloss on the River ......

....... This is part of the view from my hotel room ...... I focused on the Schloss as the light was so good against the dark sky very early this morning – no colour processing at all (it was also taken through a mesh insect screen attached to the window frame which I suspect added to the darkness of the sky - was a little surprised it came out so well).

More windows .....

I have not stayed at this hotel before (a well known international brand) but doubt I will stay here again in the summer – the room is absolutely boiling and no a/c or fan – the suggestion was “just open the window, it is not so warm outside” ..... hurumphh.

To be fair, it is a bit cooler this morning (I had the window open wide all night), it's a nice room, great location (only 4 miles from the airport and in a lovely little town) spotlessly clean with free wi-fi, tea/coffee and a minibar – but, hellfire ....... well, it feels like hell fire!!!!


Info about the Schloss ......

...... The palace (Schloss Köpenick) was originally built in 1558 as a hunting lodge by order of Elector Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg.

The building in a Renaissance style was located on the river island at the site of the former medieval fort. Joachim II died here in 1571. In 1631 it served as the headquarters of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, where he - without results - asked his brother-in-law Elector George William for assistance in the Thirty Years' War.

Frederick I of Prussia had the lodge rebuilt and enlarged from 1677 and lived here together with his first wife Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel. In 1730 Frederick II of Prussia, then Crown Prince, and his friend Hans Hermann von Katte faced the court-martial for desertion at Schloss Köpenick.

Today the castle surrounded by a small park serves as a museum of decorative art, run by the Berlin State Museums.


For some historical info on the town of Köpenick take a look here .......


Thanks for your comments on my not-very-interesting Mono Monday image yesterday – bit of an emergency blip to be fair – will try to do better with ''recycling'' next week :-))



~ Anni ~



Thought for the day:

If ATM stands for Automatic Teller Machine, why do we call it an ATM machine?
And if PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, why do we call it a PIN number?




NIKON D5200 : f/5.3 : 1/3200” : 66mm : ISO 200 : +0.7