Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Munchen to Dresden

Munich was a great city and I am a little sadned tohave left it, although I am happy to be moving again. While in Munich we saw all the famous sites and drank our fair share of steins. I'm very much looking forward to drinking more on the rest of my trip.

But now we are in Dresden. The train trip was a bit of a pain because the carriage was incredibly cold and I couldn't sleep sitting up. I had a spare seat next to me but there was a metal divider between the seats so it was difficult to stretch out. I ended up sleeping for a while with my legs bent over the divider. The train trip from Munich to Dresden took about 9 hours and we took it overnight so as not to waste time.

Dresden is a beautiful city which is still recovering from the carpet bombing during the second world war. The city is a natural city with trees and a beautiful river lined with parks. It is a mix of pre-war development and post-war rebuilding. It has some great sites but we are limited to one day here. Tomorrow we take a short 2 hour train to Berlin for our major German destination, and the event that has somewhat shaped the order of our trip - Love Parade.

I have tonnes of pictures to upload, and i hope to do it before i leave Dresden so keep a lookout at Flickr.

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