The German International Club went to Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the enthronement of Prince Albert II with the reception hosted by Monaco’s Ambassador, His Excellency Lorenzo Ravano
Many members of the German International Club of Monaco represented the Principality at the reception in the Ballroom of the Hotel Waldorf Astori. The Monegasque anthem was sung by Yuri Wetzel, a student at Charles III College, in front of more than 200 guests.
Lorenzo Ravano described the great progress made in these 20 years, at the European and international level, by a small Principality, whose vote has the same weight as the big nations in many international institutions.
Private reception of the Ambassador Lorenzo Ravano with the German International Club at the Presidential Suite M.El Sauaf
The Club’s trip was combined with a private reception at the hotel’s Presidential Suite the day before, several private invitations from members living in Berlin, an excursion to Potsdam to visit the Pisarro exhibition at the Barberini Museum, where there is also the magnificent collection of impressionist painters by Hasso Plattner, the Co-founder of the multinational in software SAP, a visit organized by Mrs. Barbara Zumbaum, Honorary Consul of Monaco in Potsdam and a new member of the Club. The excursion ended with a tour on the Havel River, to discover the many castles built by the Hohenzollern during the time of the Prussian empire.
Finally, the trip ended with a lunch at the iconic Käfer restaurant, located directly on the roof of the Bundesreichstag (Parliament), allowing to directly discover the famous dome of the building, designed by the famous architect Sir Norman Foster, and which has become, since German reunification, one of the symbols of Berlin.
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