Blogs from Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

After leaving Berlin we spent a day in Dresden. After arriving at the hotel we walked as a group around the old city taking in the Zwinger Palace Courtyard, the Palace, Cathedral, and the Frauenkirche. The Zwinger Courtyard is under construction so we could only look at it from a distance. We continued to walk by the palace and Cathedral which are connected with a bridge for easy access from palace to church. We passed the FürstenZug. A mural depicting the "Procession of Princes" over periods of time. After completing the group tour, we had the rest of the day free as we did not take the option tour for the afternoon. We first attempted to complete two geocaches Fred had wanted to try. We failed initially on both attempts misreading the first, which we eventually ... read more

After a brief overnight stop in Wittenberg to see the school my brother has been teaching in and meet some of his colleagues, we trained on to Dresden. When my youngest brothers were still in high school, my family hosted an exchange student from Dresden. He has been back to Minnesota several times to visit, and my youngest brothers and I have all visited Dresden in the last years. So, this visit was the most home-like of all our stops because there were so many people ready and excited to welcome us. The evening of our arrival, we went to explore Dresden's old town. Since its destruction in 1945, the city has grown back and the old town in beautiful. The center of the old town is the Dresden Frauenkirche, which was rebuilt using both original ... read more

Not the best start to the day. I sat on the toilet and the seat hinge snapped. This has left me in a bad mood for two reasons: (1) I am sad that my arse is so enormous that a toilet seat can’t bear its weight, and (2) the seat subsequently slipped, pinching aforementioned enormous arse, thus hurting more than just my pride. Once the toilet seat debacle is over, we check out. We had planned some more sightseeing in Berlin but the weather is hideous so we set off instead on the 115 mile drive south to Dresden. Before we leave, I attempt to buy some postcards. I enter the shop, spend a not inconsiderable amount of time selecting my postcards, then approach the cashier. She tells me she doesn’t open for another 15 minutes. ... read more

Am Montag bin ich über die ebenfalls schön erneuerte A14 von Leipzig nach Dresden gefahren. Mein erster Besuch in der Stadt war ja schon 1996 oder 1997 auf dem Weg von Nürnberg nach Berlin, dann nochmals zu einem Training 2001 und ein weiteres Mal 2012. Kurz vor der Stadt habe ich ein Schild gesehen: "Parkplätze voll. Straßenbahn benutzen." Trotzdem habe ich problemlos in einem Parkhaus im Zentrum einen solchen gefunden. Ich denke, wenn man sein Volk auf so dumme Weise belügt, muss man sich nicht wundern, wenn es erbost jeden Montag auf die Straße geht. Meine erste Station in der Stadt war das Starbucks am Altmarkt. Dort habe ich mal wieder einen Frappuccino getrunken. Dann bin ich zur Semper Oper, wo ich schon vor ein paar Wochen ein Ticket für eine Führung gekauft habe. Diese war ... read more

Na ranajky ryza s roznymi japonskymi prisadami, ktore som si lubovolne sypal zo sackou (susene riasy,susena ryba…..) Po jedle este mini pokec a pobratie sa pesibusom do blizkeho parku Volkspark Friedrichshain. Park velky, s dvoma kopcami, fontanou, mensim jazerom a s par ihriskami pre deti. Ak by bolo teplejsie fajn miesto na relax. Z parku smer alexander platz, cestou nic zaujimave. Kedze zacinalo poprchat tak to balim a naskakujem na sbahn smer….. Free wifi ziadna tak zhavim mobilne data, appka mi hned nasla spojenia vratane ceny a nastupista. Pri nakupe listka mensi problem, nevedel som to prepnut na mhd a pritom stacilo zmacknut len velke logo berlina. Nastastie mi to jeden z domacich ukazal. S jednym prestupom sa dostavam na stanicu Berlin Südkreuz. V sbahne pobehoval aj jeden predajca servitkov, udajne hluchonemy. Co sa tyka zebrakov, ... read more