If you're sharp you've already guessed from the title that this entry is about a trip to Dresden. It started off quite early. I was surprised to walk out the door at 5:30 Saturday morning to see everything was covered in snow. Fortunately when we got Dresden it was gone and slightly warmer.
Waiting at the bus stop to kick off the morning.
The "Artsy" side of Dresden.
They turned gates into bikes. Not practical but creative.
I don't know what it is but it was impressive.
The Japanese garden in the foreground looking across the Elbe to a number of the larger landmarks.
Karen is terrified of these spiky stars that keep following us everywhere.
They just seem dangerous!
Crossing one of the bridges in town. We did a lot of walking on Saturday looking at all the sights. I think this was the last bridge crossing before closing the night with Chocoloccino and cake.
The coffee filter was invented in Dresden. Everyone knows that it's not the bean that makes the coffee good, it's the filter!
Volkswagon has a manufacturing plant here that is all glass so you can watch the process. Unfortunately we weren't there while they were giving tours.
This was in the middle of a 15km run early on Sunday to see things farther from the center.
We followed the river to all sorts of cool stuff
The bridge is the "Blue Wonder" and I don't know what the spike is in the back. Dresden is just spiky. We had to jump a fence later, and another spike got the better of Karen's running pants.. Schade Schokolade..
The bird feeding lady. The swans could have pecked her nose if they weren't on such good terms.
There is where J.S. Bach is buried in Leipzig. We passed through on our way back.
That's all.
A Story - we got on a train that we weren't technically allowed to take with the ticket we had (honest mistake). But the super nice train lady (wearing Nike earrings) made an "especially special exception" and didn't make us pay a fine as long as we got out at the next stop (Leipzig). Probably more stories to tell, but the mall is kicking me out now.
The End
2 comments:
I took a tour at that VW plant. It is really cool. You missed out. So are you fluent yet, because we are the only two German speakers for the trip and I'm horribly out of practice.
haha, not fluent though yes in pretty good practice. I have plenty of co-workers who don't speak German, so I'm sure our class will be alright if we don't feel like translating =P
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