Dresden

On my way from Prague to Berlin, I made a stop in Dresden since the trains connecting these two cities go every two hours. I arrived around noon and put my luggage in one of those lockers at the train station before heading out into the city. While putting up my luggage I managed to find some Americans from Dallas...they were nice and I walked around with them for a little while but soon managed to wander off on my own again. For some reason so many of the Americans I have met while here in Europe exactly match the somewhat negative stereotype Europeans have of Americans, which is sad because I seldom find those types in the US. At any rate the day was beautiful and I was happy to find out that the newly restored Frauen Kirche was open for viewing. I paid my 5 Euro student discout price and walked all the way to the top and had the beautiful outlook over Dresden seen in the picture. I wandered around the old town some, though sadly there isn't so much left of it due to the terrible bombings in World War II, and sat down at a nice little cafe for a latte macchiato :-) Since I still wanted to make it to Berlin that evening I caught the early evening train and headed to Berlin Ostbahnhof.