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Rudolfstrasse 13b Dresden, Saxony, 01097, Germany
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New Country, new language barrier
... the new War Museum in Dresden and it had wonderful displays about the history of war through present day. I spent so much on the early history I had to speed through WWI and WWII and the rest of the museum. Mad at myself, but I didn't realize the extent of the museum. We had two hours and I could have spent a couple more. They also had a special area showing the rebuilding of Dresden after it was destroyed in WWII in the firestorm. ...
German Church
... give my face, hands and feet some much needed respite from the cold. Almost the second I passed over the threshold a man thrust a piece of paper into my hand and gestured towards an empty seat murmuring something in German as he did so. Taken off guard I promptly sat down and watched as a pastor walked up the front. Of course I had managed to walk into a church service. As a general rule I don't enjoy listening to church services because as a ...
Snow, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
... even what the station looked like. Fortunately for me I spotted another traveller with a suitcase and decided that I may as well follow him.
The stalking paid of as the mystery traveller knew exactly where he was going. The Berlin Hauptbahnhof was intimidating to put it lightly, it was an absolutely massive structure filled with shops, trains and signs in German. I made a beeline for the information desk and was told ...
Dresden
... in Dresden and Coventry during WWII. This too was interesting. The entire city of Dresden was levelled. I can't imagine what it would be like to live through something like that.
The Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) is a beautiful church in the middle of Neustadt Market Square.
The Zwinger Palace was undergoing renovations and the gardens would make the Palace a beautiful place to ...
Destruction, restoration and magic.
... is 45%. This gives them free universities, free health and one and half years of state support if you lose your job. Education is hihgly valued so teachers earn the same as engineers, approx 3,500 euros per month. Germany imports about 250,000 'guest' workers each year as they don't have enough local job seekers to keep the economy going.
We stopped at Dresden for lunch. What an amazing testimony to the human capacity to rebuild and restore what other humans destroy! ...


