With the intent to get better acquainted with Germany, we took a day to explore Schwerin before entering Berlin. Schwerin is by all accounts the smallest city we visited and the only one we did not stay in overnight, however it had some of the oldest sites to see. With a limited amount of time, we were only able to see the Schwerin Cathedral and the Schwerin Palace. Both are breathtaking in their own way. The cathedral is the oldest building in the city buily in 1260 and houses beautiful stained glass windows and the palace, nicknamed the "Neuschwanstein of the North", is beautifully kept, ornate, and sits on its own island. Unfortunately for us, much of the palace, both externally and internally, was under renovation. It was here that
