tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post3282373418335555453..comments2024-03-28T23:08:18.504+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : "This is not a pipe" - but it is a Castle, I insist. Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-53474995091693522972020-08-05T21:04:07.632+01:002020-08-05T21:04:07.632+01:00I love those French ones, Cro - and I also love th...I love those French ones, Cro - and I also love the "plain" classicist style of the Prussian chateaus (Forerunners for the Biedermeier style ). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-57912178827872552592020-08-05T21:01:46.300+01:002020-08-05T21:01:46.300+01:00Wow, Rachel: yes, Einstein had a wood cabin near P...Wow, Rachel: yes, Einstein had a wood cabin near Potsdam, in Caputh - and Paretz is also near Potsdam. I'm impressed! (By the way: his Berlin home - destroyed in the war - was one street away from the street where I live. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-30052256702311410932020-08-05T15:26:57.821+01:002020-08-05T15:26:57.821+01:00Some of the 'chateaux' here in France are ...Some of the 'chateaux' here in France are no more than large houses; sometimes even quite modest. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-64294584528508531922020-08-05T15:26:21.096+01:002020-08-05T15:26:21.096+01:00Did Einstein have a house there too in the grounds...Did Einstein have a house there too in the grounds, or some connection with it?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-8688182588690381332020-08-05T13:32:18.660+01:002020-08-05T13:32:18.660+01:00That, dear Guusje, I will tell in my second post i...That, dear Guusje, I will tell in my second post in a few days - here in Noordwijk it is also very hot - I am lazy - and enjoy the sea and sun en leaker eten - leuk! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-37309553029997657872020-08-05T12:31:19.435+01:002020-08-05T12:31:19.435+01:00Ha ha now I wonder: did your flying Dutchman call ...Ha ha now I wonder: did your flying Dutchman call it a "kasteel" or a "paleis". It is going to be hot im Harz I think.guusjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03899557590353709722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-71669525927889695292020-08-05T10:23:27.479+01:002020-08-05T10:23:27.479+01:00Oh, that is new for me, Tom. Thank you - as with t...Oh, that is new for me, Tom. Thank you - as with the table-game I always learn something new through Blogger. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-73491086598049339952020-08-05T09:46:16.715+01:002020-08-05T09:46:16.715+01:00That schloss is what we would call a 'palace&#...That schloss is what we would call a 'palace'. Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-11561926999168216822020-08-05T08:31:19.209+01:002020-08-05T08:31:19.209+01:00Dear Joanne, it is not a roulette wheel.
I also l...Dear Joanne, it is not a roulette wheel. <br />I also looked for an explanation: this table is a loan from the Pfaueninsel-Schloss (Berlin) which belonged to King Wilhelm III too (and is closed for restauration now for some years). <br />The game on the table was called "Colosseum- und Tunnelspiel", especially bought for rainy days in the castles. Up to 15 people could play it - the rules were invented before 1834, are known but still keep secret by Schloss Paretz - they ask us online whether we know how it was played. (When I tried to look the rules up I found very (!!!) strange articles that 100% were not what they did with this table :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-83093543060883973312020-08-05T08:12:25.525+01:002020-08-05T08:12:25.525+01:00Thank you, Emma! Historical novels or tv-series ar...Thank you, Emma! Historical novels or tv-series are an interesting way to experience history. <br />I wonder how everyday life in time of King Wilhelm III has been. (As visitors we could see no kitchen, only a few poorly furnished rooms - they are still restoring the castle). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-56189445569249303052020-08-05T02:42:38.273+01:002020-08-05T02:42:38.273+01:00Is that a roulette wheel? I would love to see it i...Is that a roulette wheel? I would love to see it in action.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-57589006153797937752020-08-05T00:58:53.955+01:002020-08-05T00:58:53.955+01:00Beautiful. I love to learn the history of other co...Beautiful. I love to learn the history of other countries. I recently read a series written by Oliver Pötzsch. It is about a hangman's daughter. The stories are novels of course but the Hangman is a real person. He was an ancestor of the author. Included in the books are descriptions of the people, customs, and places of Germany. I enjoyed them immensely.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.com