http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Saxony , Dresden en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:45:48 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:45:48 +0000 Here are a mix of photos from Malm Copenhagen Dresden and Prague hope you all like them http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-448414.html So a white guy a black guy and a Polock were on an airplane that was about to crash.................. and that was about all we knew about Poland when we crossed the border out of Slovakia. Growing up in the States most of us were exposed to a wealth of jokes where the unlucky Polish bloke always ends up doing the stupidest thing possible. After travelling for just ten days in the country it s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-446627.html Through north Germany and south to Berlin and DresdenAs I thought it has been difficult to catch wifi whilst touring in Germany but we have it now at our campsite just north of Dresden.So we are fine and still finding this very interesting. Especially as since Lubeck a couple of weeks ago we are in former East Germany. Some of the roads are terrible for cycling with large cobblestones the whole http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-432410.html What was old is new. What was new is old. But hip. I think the first time Dresden entered my consciousness was while I was suffering in ninthgrade at DeKalb High School. A visiting orchestra was giving a free performance to the student body one that largely could have cared less about classical music. The main piece was Symphony No. 1 by David Bukvich a memorial to the 1945 Allied firebo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-422328.html Hi EveryoneThanks so much for your awesome comments. Jonathan REALLY enjoyed reading them and they made both of us laugh. Andreas and I are having such a great time with Jonathan. He is such a sweet spirited good natured funny kid. Jonathan and Andreas have developed several inside jokes for which I'm either too dense or not cool enough to understand Jonathan just assured me that it's a litt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-416380.html Jonathan and I have really been enjoying the museums here. There are so many fun interactive creative museums to visit. We wandered into the Technische Sammlung yesterday literally within walking distance of our house an added bonus and stayed for over 3 hours playing with things experimenting and trying to solve logic puzzles quicker than the other or quicker than the other museum gues http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-414350.html Jonathan and I decided to take it easier yesterday after a very full weekend and many more activities in store for this week and next week. We hit the old part of the city Altstadt again revisited the palace and the Zwinger and spent some time in my favorite church in Dresden the Kreuzkirche The Church of the Cross loosely translated. The Kreuzkirche has been completely destroyed and rebu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-413715.html Yesterday and today have been very long very busy days. Jonathan has been suffering from some pretty extreme jetlag. He couldn't get to sleep until well after 2AM on his second night here had to be woken up at 1030 so that he wouldn't sleep too long or have his internal clock realign with EST time and then had a really hard time getting to sleep again last night another 2AM bedtime. This http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-412862.html Yesterday was a long but very exciting day. I arrived in Frankfurt at 7AM my flight left Dresden at 600AM... and Jonathan's flight was scheduled to arrive at 905. His flight was delayed over an hour so his nervousexcitedgiddy sister had to curb her enthusiasm for just a little longer. The last hour's wait was incredible. Jonathan looks very much the same as he did in December but bigger http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-412266.html I don't like to end my Germany leg of this trip on a notsowonderful note as the entire trip has been well like a triple scoop of homemade icecream in a Danish waffle cone. But I cannot deny you the truth and so it must be done. I should tell you a bit about Dresden. First thing you should know is that it lays in the former DDR or former East Germany. Second thing you should know is that it http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-402579.html Je navais pas prvu beaucoup de temps Dresde. Trop peu en fait. Mais en une demijourne peine jai pu pdaler le long des rives de lElbe visiter le centre historique de la capitale saxonne et le soir venu gouter la culture alternative du quartier de Neustadt au son de la guitare et de la batterie. Tout ca grace Pete londonien dorigine install depuis plusieurs annes Dresde.Cou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-389961.html It officially is 2009 and to kick off the New Year our program has us go to a different city with 25 other participants from my program and have a midyear seminar. The seminar that I was attending was in Dresden Germany around the first full week of January. The seminar was mostly to talk about how the program has gone so far and give constructive feedback. Also you had to work with a group an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-382590.html Hei an alle hei hei folkens dere finner en norsk versjon nederst Bevor Vermisstenmeldungen bei der Polizei eingehen hier nun ein Lebenszeichen von mir. Nach dem doch recht kurz und schmerzlosem Verlassen meines geliebten Erfurts hier noch mal ein Danke an Karo und Tom fr die Hilfe lungere ich nun schon seit ber einer Woche in Dresden herum war manchmal fleiig manchmal nicht. Immerhin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-374324.html Ok so I made it to Dresden after the first official train journey of my rail trip from Berlin to Budapest. Train travel in Europe is very convienient admittedly I am comparing it to WA where there is really only a metropolitan service and even then that isn't the most convienient. Plush chairs space and even if it is crowded it is still quite comfortable. Much more comfortable than travellin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-356931.html Mardi Direction Dresden. Depuis dessau a fait 3h de train en direction de Prague a donne de nouvelles ides de week end a... On se retrouve tous la gare 9h et quand le train a dja fait quelques villes on s'aperoit qu'on a oubli... Madame Marzigprof de franais... ih ih ih Des regards des sourires s'changent on s'en passera lol les deux autres profs prsentes sont super co http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-353104.html FRIDAY Last day in Dresden ... we leave tomorrow for Berlin. But since day number one was so fabulous we've no doubt that today will be equally wonderful. Yesterday we bought some postcards and I was going to write to my family I'm having a wonderful time But that really didn't adequately express the experiences Beth and I were having. The only thing I could write that seemed to do just http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-344371.html THURSDAY After an incredible night's sleep Beth and I woke up midmorningish ready for our day of exploration Beth was studied up on the walking tourist route that would take us to all the fabulous site of the city. Actually we found out once you're pointed in the right direction you can just follow the tall steeples of all the old buildingsIt was a fresh feeling day chilly enough to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-344358.html WEDNESDAY Beth and I had a lovely relaxing morning thankful for deciding on leaving on the noon train from Hassfurt. After all why start the first day of vacation exhausted from waking up super early We found out that we're already tired by the time we reach or destination no matter what time of the day we arrive. Might as well have an easy going morning and just be able to sleep when you ge http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-344329.html The alternative capital of Germany Dresden was very cool. The main square in the old town however was not so cool it was under construction and totally ruined the vibe. There were awesome buildings and Churches that had been shot up but the allies in the Old Town. And the new town was full of Punks drinking and busking on the streets.We had booked a 4 bed dorm in a hotelhostel we had checke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-340196.html Dresden is only two hours south of Berlin by train. Once I got to Dresden I found my hotel and checked in. I stayed in an Ibis hotel of about 300 rooms. And this was just one of their three exactly similar hotels which stand side by side right near the train station. After I found out that I was staying for five nights instead of four I forgot to count my planning became a little easier. F http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-337916.html