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San Souci - Without Cares/No worries
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 08:18PM 
San Souci is loose French for "without cares", or "carefree". It is the name of the palace that I visited in Potsdam Germany, just outside of Berlin. It was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia at Potsdam. With its extensive views of the vineyard and man-icured nature of the countryside, Frederick wanted to reside there sans souci ("without a care") and to follow his personal, wine-making and artistic interests. Hence, the palace was intended for the use of Frederick and his private guests only during the summer months, from the end of April to the beginning of October. By guests I mean male guests only. He informed his wife immediately upon marriage that as soon as his dad died she would be set up in another house apart from him. In addition, he loved his palace so much he was buried there with his seven dogs.
What's absurd here you might ask...well let me see, so much wealth (though much more intimate than Versailles), the 'men only' club, the charade of a marriage and the fact that on this day I am standing on that special space thinking...yeah that would be a sweet life - sansouci, my dogs and me! Absurd!
This pic is from Wikipedia
Reader Comments (1)
more absurd? you are standing there in the midst of a bitter cold wind and rain with many high school students who would rather be doing....just about anything other than walking around the cold, cold grounds. I love the pitcure of you though, nothing absurd about that. hubba hubba