The church is a baroque design from the 18th Century, but was actually only completed in 2004. It was one of the last things rebuilt after being bombed during the war. Until reunification it sat as a pile of rubble. When it was rebuilt the rubble was catalogued and a computer program was used to decide where each stone could be reused. Because the stones darken over time, the old stones stand out. Over time they will all turn similar colours, so now it is special to be able to tell the difference.
Another of our favourites was the food! There was a market going on in the Neustadt neighbourhood, and an autumn festival in the Altmarkt. We stopped at both for food and spent a lot of the weekend eating and sampling different things. In Germany there is a special wine, Federweißer, available in the autumn. It is a new wine, very sweet and not very alcoholic - so good!
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| Handbrot - the most amazing bread ever! Filled with lots of cheese and bacon, it is more delicious than you can imagine. |
Saturday morning we went on a tour of the city. Then we spent the rest of our time wandering on our own. Here are some of the top sites:
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| Fürstenzug: Procession of Kings. It is a large mural depicting all the Saxon rulers, on the side of a building in the centre of the old town. |
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| The Semperoper and statue of a Saxon King |
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| I got to ride a Pennyfarthing!!!! |
In German this is a Hochrad. There was an exhibit in this courtyard on old bikes. They had a few Hochräder and the people alternated between demonstrating and letting people try riding them. What you can't really tell in this photo is that I couldn't really reach the pedals properly!
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| Teresa and I in the Zwinger courtyard |
The Zwinger is the royal palace, an important symbol in Dresden. This was also bombed, but the people of Dresden restored it pretty soon after the war. The courtyard is now open to the public, and a very lovely place to walk in the sunshine.
