Art'Otel 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 ...

The Rebuilt City &#8211; Dresden<br><br>Dresden was pretty much wiped out in World War 2. It has since been rebuilt but the fires that burnt the city down remain and a lot of the old statues and buildings are stained black. I have been sick as a dog and nearly tainted the city with a bit of chunder! <br><br>So I don't have much to say ...

... has - tourism, and it is set up for it. The city has a great train and tram network and many tour guides and information staff walking around the main areas. <br><br>After walking around taking photos for several hours, my battery went flat. I took this as a sign to get some food and sample the local beers. After stumbling across an Australian themed restaurant, I did a double take and realised that the menu advertised VB, at a ridiculous price, but damn I wanted ...

... very few, comparatively to other cities, war factories. In fact, everything thought that this city was safe from attack because Berlin was so near. Dresden had even had 10 false alarms for air raids. Because everyone thought the allies wouldn't bother Dresden, the officials had no real bunkers or air raid shelters for the general public. Military personnel had bunkers but mainly ordinary people might just have basements or such.<br><br><br><br> Arthur "Bomber ...

... that there were only boys singing, they were hitting such high notes, but it was amazing. It was my favorite moment the entire weekend. After the performance, a few short prayers were said, along with a sermon (I think, but it was all said in German so who actually knows what was said). When everything was finished, I walked outside and joined Katy and Steven (who had snuck out before the prayers) to eat. They had gotten to some of the booths at the festival (from the ...

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... interior is a beautiful light confection of pale pink, green and gilt. We continued to stroll around the streets admiring palaces and churches pausing at the Bruhlsche Terrass, which used to be called the Balcony of Europe, to see the view of the Elbe, which flows, through the city (on its way to Hamburg, no less). In the Zwinger, a Baroque palace built by Augustus the Strong, we went ...

... There was also an excellent-looking pastry shop but we were too full after the gelato. It also looked like there was a big private party going on tonight, complete with fashion show. We might try and sneak in later ... We arrived at the Katholische Hofkirche just a few minutes before the concert. As such, we couldn't get a seat with a decent view, but instead sat just off to the side of the orchestra. We still had a partial ...

Here we are in a city that rings familiar in the minds of most people that know Germany. Anyone the least bit knowledgeable about World War II knows of the terrible fate of Dresden, bombed to oblivion one fateful day in February 1945. The Communist government of the GDR left the place to rot for about 50 years, and then finally the civic authorities under the newly united German state decided to pick up the pieces again. I've been wanting to come here from ages, but ...

Early in the morning, we set out to Praugue, Czech Republic. On the way, we stopped by Dresden, Germany. Dresden was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945. In the works were numerous reconstruction and restoration projects in this historical city.