Day 6--Sunday in Berlin and Potsdam

Aubrey wanted to attend church in the Marzahn ward, the last place he had served before coming home. Luckily for us, sacrament meeting wasn't until 10:50, so we didn't have to be up super early. We were there in plenty of time and Aubrey was able to talk to a couple of people who remembered him. After church we had been invited to lunch/dinner at a member family's home. They lived quite a ways out, so I'm glad we still had the rental car. We were able to enjoy a pleasant afternoon with the Gartner family and one of Aubrey's investigators who has since been baptized. The grilled sausages, chicken, kebabs, and all the fixings were so yummy!

Since we still had our rental car, we had planned to spend the evening in Potsdam at San Soucci (about 40 minutes outside of Berlin). We got there just in time for the rain to start, but it wasn't too cold, so we enjoyed as much of the grounds as we could before we decided we were just too wet. San Soucci is actually a large palace compound  (700 acres) that belonged to Frederick the Great. The Schloss, built in 1747, was his summer palace.

In front of the steps leading to the Schloss (palace)

With a little of the fountain

At the top of the steps, part of the palace

Leave it to Maren to find the animals wherever we go :)

The Orangerie, complete with statue of a naked bowman
 (we did discuss at length why you wouldn't want to be shooting a bow and arrow if you didn't have any clothes on...)

Statue of Frederick the Great himself

A copy of  Thorvaldsen's Christus
 located in the courtyard of the  Friedenskirche (Church of  Peace)

  

At the back of the palace you can look across the street
 and see this fountain and the fake ruins in the background

Don't you like my smiley face umbrella?

more gardens

another building, but I don't know which one anymore :)

Carson at the park gates

Maren at the park gates