NH Dresden

What a sad day. We roared our way through Berlin for the last time. Made great time and got to Dresden fine. Had a bit of an issue finding the garage again and there are lots of cobbled roads. Between driving on them and the van roaring it was a bit stressful but we got there in the end. The guy who hires them out is so cool... very chilled and relaxed. He took us ...

... that I have been laying in bed shivering one moment, sweating the next and can't stop coughing! I have been hallucinating about killing people in my dorm room with a crossbow because they seem to like rustling plastic bags for hours at 6am in the morning. I can't be sure if I yelled out “Calm down b*tches” or if I dream t ...

... city that was so old, I was amazed at how little was left after the bombings. It looked as though I was in Darwin, a city that has been twice destroyed in its life time. Everything was new and modern, but what was truly incredible were the old buildings that either survived or had been rebuilt. These buildings were absolutely beautiful in their intricacy. Whats more is that most of the ancient buildings had to be rebuilt, a painstakingly slow process. You could see ...

... stomped on, etc. BUT thousands of these were dropped and with so many tiny fires, and the wind tunnels from the windows and doors being gone, these little fires grew into each other and became big fires.<br><br><br><br> Apparently Dresden was burning by the time the Americans flew over and dropped bombs to destroy anything left standing. So while I knew that Dresden had been destroyed during the war, I didn't realize that it had been fires that really did the ...

... anytime anyone would walk through, we had to push against the walls. Soon, though, several people left the compartment in front of us, so we jumped up and claimed the seats quickly. The rest of the first train ride was pretty uneventful. The second train, however, was not annoying at all, but rather very unsettling. We may as well have been on a 3 hour roller coaster sitting backwards! After only 20 minutes, I realized I had to find another seat that was facing forward. It ...

... weary driver's lower back, if you can dream it (and pay for it too)-you can get it. I personally thought the coolest feature was automatic cruise control. That's right, radar under the hood detects the distance from the car in front of you, and adjusts the speed during cruise control accordingly. Although the W12 engine happens to be the world's smallest 12-cylinder engine, it has power. Unfortunately, it isn't that popular in the US ...

... plus i also picked up a souvenier of a small, but detailed german car from the 50's. it was 70 Euros but I don't care! other than that i stopped at a grocery store and picked up sandwich materials(bread, bologna, cheese, mustard, pickles). I am going to have a great lunch for the next week! 40 Euros spent on Museum 30 Euros spent on lunch food 70 Euros spent on souvenier 1230 Euros left

... Five stops, six stops, the eventh stops I asked an old woman whether she knew where Lanierplatz was. "No," she said, "but I do know where Lennéplatz is. You're going in the wrong direction" I though to myself "$/&amp;%!". I thanked the woman and got out at Krankenhaus/Friedrichstadt. It turned out that I was almost at the end of the line! Made it back to Hbf. Nord and started listening to the ...

... guide would emphasize to explain communism was always destined to lose out to capitalism. I guess in the end, it was only really Berlin that I loved about Germany and I would/will definitely go back. ASIDE: Last conclusion on the law conscious Germans: I think that anyone who was previously living in East Germany is far more law abiding than those who lived in the West.

... out and join in. We have no photos, but I have attached some more of us in Prague and surrounds.The photos get pretty bad from here on in 1. because cameras don't cope very well in icy snow - they tend to freeze up and 2. I wasn't taking my gloves off for anything and I have discovered my brain goes a bit mushy in minus temperatures. Not that I'm whinging, it was great fun to experience, but I'm pretty sure our next holiday will involve beaches and warmer weather.