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Hey everybody, I am here to talk about my Saturday trip to Dresden. And I have pictures. Normally, I would say, "screw everyone," and put them all up without a cut. But I am feeling nice today.
Note: The pictures are big.
This is me at the train station. Leipzig's train station is called "The Biggest Dead End in Europe."
When we got to Dresden, this was one of the first things I saw. I instantly thought of Melissa and HAD to take a picture with this guy.
What is that he's holding? It's kind of hard to see, but there is just a little bit of yellow on the flag in the picture where you can make out what's supposed to be there. It's the flag of the Soviet Union. I blame my Asian picture-taking friend for not getting the hammer and sickle in the picture.
Dresden was once the home of the kings of Saxony, the region in which Leipzig and Dresden are in. Dresden is the provincial capital. But, since there were lots of kings living there at one time, there is a palace and some cool stuff. Some of the buildings look like they're charred black. While I wish that I could say that it's because of the firebombing of the city during WWII, somebody told me that the stone naturally turns black with time. Too bad it wasn't our bombs.
The Palace Grounds:
The Square:
My Asian friend, Hyuna:
A Knight in a museum where picture taking is not allowed:
Porcelain timeline that stretches for a block and 900 years:
Dresden is the birthplace of Protestantism in Saxony, and they have a few non-Catholic churches in the city.
Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche):
Heretic of heretics:
They had a Catholic cathedral in the city too, the oldest one in Saxony. I always feel bad taking pictures inside a church, but they make them do gosh-darn pretty!
St. Trinitatis (Hofkirche) Altar:
At most of the other places we went, you couldn't take pictures and they had people standing around making sure that nobody actually took them. These crazy Europeans...
Man, I would not want to eat here:
We were forcibly done early in the city, because everything closes by 6. So we caught the 6:30 train back to Leipzig and were back at our place by 8:30. You can find all of these pictures and more at my Yahoo pictures site.
Note: The pictures are big.
This is me at the train station. Leipzig's train station is called "The Biggest Dead End in Europe."
When we got to Dresden, this was one of the first things I saw. I instantly thought of Melissa and HAD to take a picture with this guy.
What is that he's holding? It's kind of hard to see, but there is just a little bit of yellow on the flag in the picture where you can make out what's supposed to be there. It's the flag of the Soviet Union. I blame my Asian picture-taking friend for not getting the hammer and sickle in the picture.
Dresden was once the home of the kings of Saxony, the region in which Leipzig and Dresden are in. Dresden is the provincial capital. But, since there were lots of kings living there at one time, there is a palace and some cool stuff. Some of the buildings look like they're charred black. While I wish that I could say that it's because of the firebombing of the city during WWII, somebody told me that the stone naturally turns black with time. Too bad it wasn't our bombs.
The Palace Grounds:
The Square:
My Asian friend, Hyuna:
A Knight in a museum where picture taking is not allowed:
Porcelain timeline that stretches for a block and 900 years:
Dresden is the birthplace of Protestantism in Saxony, and they have a few non-Catholic churches in the city.
Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche):
Heretic of heretics:
They had a Catholic cathedral in the city too, the oldest one in Saxony. I always feel bad taking pictures inside a church, but they make them do gosh-darn pretty!
St. Trinitatis (Hofkirche) Altar:
At most of the other places we went, you couldn't take pictures and they had people standing around making sure that nobody actually took them. These crazy Europeans...
Man, I would not want to eat here:
We were forcibly done early in the city, because everything closes by 6. So we caught the 6:30 train back to Leipzig and were back at our place by 8:30. You can find all of these pictures and more at my Yahoo pictures site.