5:37 wakeup. Blerf.
At breakfast I stocked up on veggies to make up for yesterday's lack thereof.
After breakfast Mum and I walked up to the university church to get some photos of it in the morning sun.
Mendebrunnen
The new University Church
The new University Church
Our first stop for the day was Colditz Castle. We had a guided tour of the place so got to see things like the solitary confinement cell, the chapel, and the tunnel some French officers dug through solid rock.
Crossing the Zwickauer Mulde river in Colditz
Colditz town square
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Coat of arms on Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Solitary confinement cell
Office
Chapel
Shaft of a tunnel French officers dug during WWII
Opening of a tunnel French officers dug during WWII
View from Colditz Castle
Classic cars in Colditz Castle
Stopped for lunch at a roadside rest house.
After lunch continued on to Dresden. I was really really missing the sweetie at this point, on account of last being here with him on our honeymoon. We had a walking tour of the town with a local guide, and got to see a couple of things we didn't see last time (like inside the palace courtyard which is now a museum complex, and inside the Church of our Lady). But there was a heap of things we didn't get to see, like even a basic walkby of a lot of the buildings, and we didn't even get to go down to the river to have a look. It really highlighted the difference between doing things on a tour and doing things yourself. It made me wonder what else we've been missing out on by doing tours. In some ways I actually felt quite ripped off that we didn't get to see as much as we should. So that and missing the sweetie made me feel somewhat depressed.
St. Trinitatis Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
Statue of King Johann in Theaterplatz
Photo by Mum
Northwest facade of Dresden Zwinger
Flowers outside Dresden Zwinger
Northwest entrance to Dresden Zwinger
Stone carving of St George and the dragon
Dresden Zwinger
Statue of King Johann from Dresden Zwinger
Northwest buidling of Dresden Zwinger from the courtyard
Southwest colonnade of Dresden Zwinger
Dresden Zwinger with Meissen porcelain carillon
Photo by Mum
The Meissen porcelain carillon
Dresden Residenzschloss
Model of Dresden Residenzschloss
Dresden Residenzschloss
Dresden Transport Museum
Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady)
Interior of Frauenkirche
Domed roof of Frauenkirche
Interior of Frauenkirche
The only significant portion of Frauenkirche that survived bombings in WWII
The only significant portion of Frauenkirche that survived bombings in WWII
Statue of Martin Luther outside Frauenkirche
Fürstenzug (Wall of Princes) - mural made of porcelain tiles depicting Saxon rulers throughout the ages
Fürstenzug (Wall of Princes) - mural made of porcelain tiles depicting Saxon rulers throughout the ages
St. Trinitatis Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
Headed back to Leipzig, and were a bit late for a 6pm service at Thomaskirche. All in German of course, but the organ playing was nice.
Green fields and wind turbines on Autobahn 14 between Dresden and Leipzig
Then on to dinner. We went to the Auerbachs Keller which was pretty cool. The food was pretty good. We had a small salad for entree, a very tasty chicken and mushroom dish with rosti, and ice cream and cherry sauce for dessert. The problem was it was all very slow, and by the time they brought out a birthday cake for two of the guys, we didn't leave the restaurant til after 9:30, getting back to the hotel at 10pm :(:(:( Far far far too late when I have so much to do in the evenings. In the end I just downloaded my photos and GPS, but left the blogging til the morning.
Mendebrunnen and Gewandhaus by night
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