Himmel, I mean Dresden

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We're hosted in Dresden by friends-of-a-friend's-parents, wonderful people whom I also visited for a few days in 2005. I had heard that they were excited to have me back, but I didn't expect Herr S. to be jumping up and down, totally literally, on the train platform when he spotted us. We were greeted with a huge smile and hugs and kisses.

Back at the apartment, zwei köstliche hausgemacht Kuchen... two delicious homemade cakes, one Erdbeere (strawberry) and one Pflaume (plum). LG got drei Stücke Erdbeerkuchen (three pieces of strawberry cake) and is very happy to be back in the company of Großeltern (grandparents) again!!

We took a ride around the kid-operated Mini-Parkeisenbahn (cute little miniature railway) on a 5km (2.5ish miles) tour of Dresden's Großer Garten (great big garden), just a short walk from our hosts' home. After that, dinner, and then... Olympia!! We watched the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games, recorded from German TV earlier in the day just for us.

Think we're gonna like it here....

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