Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe 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 ...

... I yelled it out! Herron Paracetamol has been my savour. I pop a couple of those and I walk around on a cloud. Music sounds better, everything looks prettier.<br><br>I'm off to Munich for Oktoberfest now. Don't know how I am going to handle drinking a beer. Probably going to mix it with some Paracetamol!<br><br>Regards<br><br>Hard en<br>

... 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 ...

... story of what war can do and what can happen. Buildings were made of a sandstone so many would just disintegrate when they got hot enough.<br><br><br><br> After the bombing, Dresden ended up in East Germany under the control of the Soviet Union. The Soviets did not want to fix up anything that smacked of the west so no churches were repaired, only art things and palaces that they wanted to use. Luckily for us all, the Nazis had taken the art collections and buried ...

... 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 ...

... I had German beer, which I don't like really because I don't really like beer. Yeah I know, so uncollege of me, but whatever. Anyways, so I met a couple of her other friends, which was cool. We then all went on a walk around which included a trip to H&amp;M (lol). But it was great to see her. I was only in Dresden for a few hours because I was on my way to Prague to see one of my best friends from high school Glenn!!! YAY!!

... It was another long drive, about 8 hours, but the weather was starting to cool, about 30 degrees. We drove through Dresden on the way to the campsite, it did look impressive and we decided to come back in the morning for a good look around. However that night, in the campsite (Dresden-Mockitz Campsite!), someone decided to creep into our tent ...

... by the same route that we had entered the city the day before. It took about an hour and a half. We were dropped off in the Theaterplatz where we had started although our ticket now allowed us all day travel. We went for a closer look at those old but mostly reconstructed buildings. After the fire bombing of Dresden by the Allies in 1945 much of the city has been rebuilt. Rebuilt to conform with the original designs. Much of the rubble had been collected post war and where ...

... anyone could stop us to charge us for not buying the bedsheets and we made our swift exit. We drove shortly aft**. So unfortunately we didn't see much of Dresden because we w**e only th**e for 12 hours, but seeing as I didn't pay for the trip and we w**e in a good car, I didn't care and was happy we went. It is an int**esting place and I recommend it if you are going that way. Lat** that day, I drove to W*******ode for the second time, but that isn't worth a new entry.

... out. Driving in Europe has been ok. In Germany though, it is important to pay attention on the freeways because the right lane is for slower trucks middle lane for me and the left lane for race car drivers wannabes. Wow do they sneak up on you fast if you happen to be in that left lane for a moment. We are getting better at figuring out the maps, directions, signposts etc. in order to find our way through towns and to our campgrounds but we have only not-been-lost once so far ...