Here's some sneaky peeks:
Friday night(27/11/09) ;
Travel with City Night Line to Dresden. It wasn't so fun after all. Not as what I've expected. The bed was small, though clean. The journey took 9 hours, that's longer a journey from Frankfurt to Dubai by air for sure.
Saturday (28/11/09) ;
Arrival at Dresden Hauptbahnhof at 9am. Nice train station, and clean.
Bought doughnuts at a bakery in the city. Yeah, it was for breakfast.
Places visited :
Zwinger Palace(German baroque architecture), Semperopfer, Frauenkirche/Church of The Lady(but viewed only from the outside), Hofkirche, Kreuzkirche(walked up to the bell tower..breathtaking view by the way) , and paid an excruciatingly painful 10 euros for The Green Vault.
Frauenkirche (Was completely destroyed in WWII and rebuilt by 2005).
Some monument. Did not pay attention..haha.
Semperopfer at night.
Zwinger Palace at night.Saturday evening ;
Visited Striezelmarkt(some really old X'mas market in Dresden). Nice and bright X'mas lights glittered the night.
Captured breathtaking shots of Elbe River. Scenic scenic scenic.
And called big sis! Talked for just 20 minutes, because she had a concert to attend.
Drank Gluehwein at another X'mas market. It's sort of the must drink wine during X'mas.
Hit the sack at 1am after two episodes of Friends. Yeah, the headache I had did not bother me. And I don't pop pills!
Scene of a X'mas market.
Another scene of the X'mas market.
Another scene of the X'mas market.Sunday (29/11/09)
Alarm clocks aside please. I'm on a blady vacation! Which meant that I woke up at 10am..haha.
Checked out from Hofgarten 1824, and headed straight for Frauenkirche again. This time, I entered. I was among the first in the queue. Visiting hours were short; Only from 12.30pm till 1.30pm.
Take a look at the queue.
The inside of the church.
More inside pics.
More inside pics.
Pipe organ.
Packed church.
Then, I made a stop at the old fort of Dresden city. Nothing much except an old Fortress.
;)
Next comes the best place of visit of the day, the VW Glass Factory! This factory assembles only Phaetons, the best of it's range..top of the line. Paying 2 euros for the tour was totally worth it. Too bad that no pictures were allowed to be taken in the factory itself.
The gate.
The glass factory.
Here's the Phaeton. It comes in many variants with the cheapest at 66k euros.
Another pic.
Another section of the factory as seen from the outside.Zwinger's Gallery was the last stop. Art art and art. It's so fascinating that the Renaissance painters ant artists were so fond of painting nude woman pieces. Almost 1/3 of the exhibits were of naked women.
Tower of Babel.
It's Bacchus!
Read it!
Below are some random pictures which I've taken. Take a look!
That's Albertinum.
Nice river cruise boat.
Cool building.
Me :)
Bruehl Terasse.
Elbe River.
Frauenkirche in the background.
Night view's good.Yah...that's about so much of Dresden. Too bad Albertinum is closed till next year. Nontheless, it was worth the trip! Thanks to the Mauerfall-spezial and Mitfahrtgutschein !
Next stop, LONDON! *Cheers*
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