Day 11 - A beautiful day in Dresden
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Willkommen nach Dresden! In the morning we did a city bus tour, walking tour, and museum tour, whew! We finished touring around 1300, had lunch at a local restaurant, then went back to our hotel to regroup. Angela decided to go see more museum stuff and do some shopping, John opted for a nap. We have a little more time in Dresden tomorrow morning, then we get back on the bus in the early afternoon for the trip north to - BERLIN! |
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| Our hotel in Dresden, right downtown, great location! | Entrance to the Kempinski Hotel Taschenbergpalais |
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| The view out our hotel room window... | Right across the street was the back of the Porzellanmuseum, part of the Zwinger Palace |
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| In our tour bus riding along the Elbe river... | Crossing the Elbe into the “Neustadt”. Beautiful weather continues. |
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Two big domes are the Kunstakademie and the Frauenkirche. Cranes and construction everywhere, per our local guide much of the construction now is new housing... |
Crown Gate at Zwinger Palace. |
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The front side of Porzellan Museum at the Zwinger Palace. The bells are (of course) made of Meissen porcelain. When we were there they played a portion of “Summer” from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”. |
Angela posing next to the Porzellan Museum. |
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| A little cherub on the side of one of the palace buildings... | Statue of King John of Saxony near the Dresden Opera House. |
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Statue atop the Dresden Opera house - Dionis and Aridna in chariot pulled by four panthers. |
A closer view of the Dresden Kunstakademie dome located near the Frauenkirche... |
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The Frauenkirche. Pretty much totally destroyed in WW II, it was left as a ruin by the DDR, rebuilt with private funds and donations after reunification. About 3800 of the original stones were used in the reconstruction, they are the dark stones... |
Bronze statue of Martin Luther that also survived the bombing has been restored and again stands in front of the Frauenkirche |
