Time: 6:13 AM CEST
Location: Park Plaza Hotel

So yesterday was Dresden after driving out of the countryside of Görlitz. The GPS decided to show every street from Görlitz on out for some reason, on the way into Dresden, nada. Later on the way to Berlin it also failed to show anything until I set a specific target. So there’s a bug or setting that got garbled.

The sites to see are grouped together in what was called the Alter Stadt, the Old City, which meant they were all within walking distance. Walking on cobblestones that is. After parking, we first went into Die Frauenkirche (old church: ding!). The church was made of a mix of some old but mostly new brickwork because the church was practically destroyed in the ’45 fire-bombing. For the first time there was a huge long line at a site. People went inside and sat at the pews or they could go downstairs into the basement. Nothing was labeled because you’re supposed to buy the guidebook (or the audio tour thingy) before going down. There’s a huge granite (?) altar/baptismal in the center.

Moving on, the Catholic Cathedral (old church: ding).

Der Schloss (old castle with a museum inside: clang). There were rooms and rooms full of goblets, statues, jewelry and brickebrack made of ivory, mother of pearl and/or gold for the royalty of the area between the 1600s and 1700s. Man, no wonder this democracy thing kicked off. Hundreds of craftsmen, thousands of hours for the bejewelment of an elite... jesus George has got go.