Following along! I lived in Germany for two years, and am excited to see your experiences and options while traveling around!
Okay, I have a lazy Sunday and now there are TWO updates to comment!! But it’s bedtime here in Germany, I will have to be back for replies tomorrow!!
Those are actually he best trips! You get more of a feel for the country and people that way.
I was mostly here to see friends, so we just did things that one might do as a day trip as a German and didn't really hit the big attractions. The important thing was that I had fun!
You and me both.And I also have a lot more details that I can add since I'm writing the stuff down as it happens. My memory has become much worse than it was just 10 years ago.
eep!OK, well it's going to be coming fast and furious because I have a WBTA in four months and I need to be finished with this TR by then!
I think he really said something pretty similar to that.
<scrubs one iconic Winnipeg item off the list>No because I'm still dull when I wake up. Ice cream is not my friend anymore.
Since Alison is going to shortly be on a plane...the WBTA is the Westbound Transatlantic cruise. We are bring the Dream home from Europe from Southampton to Ft Lauderdale.What's WBTA? (and you've probably told me before... see previous comment.)
Those are actually he best trips! You get more of a feel for the country and people that way.
eep!
I'll try to keep up with you! What's WBTA? (and you've probably told me before... see previous comment.)
<scrubs one iconic Winnipeg item off the list>
Since Alison is going to shortly be on a plane...the WBTA is the Westbound Transatlantic cruise. We are bring the Dream home from Europe from Southampton to Ft Lauderdale.
I'm glad you got a short nap. A tour from a local is the best! Those sausages looked yummy!
Since Alison is going to shortly be on a plane...the WBTA is the Westbound Transatlantic cruise. We are bring the Dream home from Europe from Southampton to Ft Lauderdale.
Jill in CO
Eh? What's that? You'll have to speak up. I'm going deef in my decrepitude.Jill answered that already but I'll keep telling you as your memory fades.
Naw. I'll point it out if we drive by it.Well if it's iconic I can make an exception, I'll just be slightly groggy afterwards.....
Whoops!I thought I had connected my phone to the hotel Wi-Fi but after an hour's nap and a quick shower, I realized that I'd received no responses from Michael and Magdalene to the texts I'd sent before my nap.
Were they wondering why you weren't answering texts? Or did they just assume you were napping?M&M were done at their doctor appointment and ready whenever I was.
How was it?I had a couple minutes to spare before I had to leave and decided to try some of my newly purchased wine.
I remember this! (And it's been a long time.)
I don't recall the tunnel... but it's quite possible I was in it.We passed through this cool medieval tunnel which put us out onto a square.
I really like this shot of you. You're in your element!
Did not know this. Huh.And soon became a Protestant island in a catholic surrounded region.
Really! Well, I'm sure glad they did that with the churches, because they're spectacular.One of the defining things about the Medieval buildings was that man was not supposed to display his wealth and opulence through his home. But it was OK to display such wealth when worshiping God. Hence the large and beautiful churches everywhere.
Huh. I've seen those and just assumed it was a design choice and not rooted in worship.Also in the line of worshipping god, people would build these elaborate Bay windows as altars to God, and that was OK.
Yeah.......Jump forward to World War II.
Huh. That explains why they seem so different from the rest of the building, I guess. Huh!One thing that saved some of this history is that these elaborate Bay windows were removed and stored in a labyrinth of cellars underneath the city which were interconnected.
Not quite. That's the "Rathaus" or city hall.I think she said that this is the courthouse.
We walked a little farther towards the city centre where the famous Christmas Market is held.
I find it amazing how they did that. I visited Dresden in '94 and again in '04 and there was a church that was completely rubble in '94 and restored in '04... Was very moved by it.This Church was almost completely destroyed, however enough was left standing that they were able to rebuild it in the same style that it was originally constructed.
That is a fountain. Schöner Brunnen (translates as beautiful spring)I don’t remember what this spire is, but you turn something for luck. Perhaps Magdalene can give me more information to add later.
The place featured Nuremberg sausages cooked over a wood fired grill.
Nope. You look great.Here we are waiting for our dinner! Can you tell I’ve been 24 hours in transit with just a quick nap?
Not a horseradish fan... but yellow mustard is a must(ard)!The sausages are best eaten (in my opinion) with a mix of yellow mustard and horseradish.
No surprise. They're tiny!Surprisingly I ate all six sausages!
Shame on you.I didn't quite join the clean plate club like Michael & Magdalene, but I was close.
I took that exact same shot.
I don't remember the ubahn, so must not have taken it. I know we had a rental car the 1st time and just walked from the train station to our hotel the 2nd.I mean ride the underground and walk me from the train station to my hotel.
By the time they got me there, evidently it was obvious in my face, and body language that I was “done”. It was just after 8PM and I'd only slept about 3-4 hours in the last 31 or so hours.
I would be too, glad it didn't bother youI was a little taken aback by the fact that my seat was backwards.
Slick little control to show you everything!The seat was awesome, you could put it at any angle you wanted.
The salad had absolutely no flavor.
Sure doesn't look like it has any flavour!
Atta girl! That would help me with the possible sleep as wellShe also kept my Chardonnay glass pretty full, so by the time I finished dinner I was pretty drowsy.
Another nice looking brekkie
I'm glad they moved and you had a row to yourselfOnce I got on the train, of course someone was in my seat. Michael had warned me about this (well he kvetched about it in one of his and Magdalene’s joint TRs.) But I paid 5 euros to reserve that seat and there weren't many others available.
Bargain!!!First we hit up a grocery store where I purchased two bottles of wine, and a box of my favorite chocolate covered biscuits. The total in US dollars for this was $12.57!
Gross! I hate the smell of smoke also, how were they getting into your room?!When I got back to my room, I found a cigarette butt on the floor. It wasn't next door, they were smoking in my room!
I picked up the butt in a piece of toilet paper and brought it downstairs. I asked if they could switch my room.
Uggg so much of the orange idiot I'm guessingI settled in, turned on the TV, and found out that the only English channel on the whole TV was CNN. Michael had alluded to this several years ago, but it didn't really sink in until today.
@dizneeat that would be excellent!! I love your TR's!and maybe post my own TRs again
@dizneeat please do!!I might be tempted to share some of our adventures on the DIS again as last year we spent 5 weeks in California,
Wow! I especially love the round tower
people would build these elaborate Bay windows as altars to God, and that was OK.
Cool, thanks for pointing this outHere’s an even more spectacular one.
Well done for being awake!Can you tell I’ve been 24 hours in transit with just a quick nap?
I would never have thought you could either, but they were quite small, yum!I didn't think there was any way I could eat all six, but they assured me that they were small and easy to eat. I did put a fork in the first picture to give a concept of size.
That would definitely throw me for a loop, too! I don't think I ever realized there were backward plane seats!!was a little taken aback by the fact that my seat was backwards. I’m not sure if you can tell from the picture, but in the end, it didn't turn out to be that big of a deal.
Yes... I did ask already.
Naw. I'll point it out if we drive by it.
Were they wondering why you weren't answering texts? Or did they just assume you were napping?
How was it?
I remember this! (And it's been a long time.)
Such a fascinating city, going back to the Roman Empire.
I don't recall the tunnel... but it's quite possible I was in it.
I really like this shot of you. You're in your element!
Did not know this. Huh.
Really! Well, I'm sure glad they did that with the churches, because they're spectacular.
Huh. I've seen those and just assumed it was a design choice and not rooted in worship.
Huh. That explains why they seem so different from the rest of the building, I guess. Huh!
Thanks! That was a stupid mistake on my part, I fixed it. I should have known better. She took me to the courthouse the next day. That's where she works.Not quite. That's the "Rathaus" or city hall.
Huh. I've had gluhwein here, and it was pretty good.
And it's wonderful. I was there with my dad back in '04. Best gluhwein (hot mulled... red! wine) I've ever had. Yum!
Nice that they can do that.I find it amazing how they did that. I visited Dresden in '94 and again in '04 and there was a church that was completely rubble in '94 and restored in '04... Was very moved by it.
Yes, there is a guy in the picture who is turning the little ring. But I didn't remember what it was called.That is a fountain. Schöner Brunnen (translates as beautiful spring)
There is a golden (possibly bronze?) ring that you can turn to bring you good luck... or fertility.
I kept commenting before I left that I didn't think I could eat six of them, but M&M assured me that I could because they were small.
I remember those sausages. I thought they'd be the same size as everywhere else. I think I got 4... and no side.
I was hungry by the time I finished eating!
I think I look exhausted!Nope. You look great.
I love horseradish!Not a horseradish fan... but yellow mustard is a must(ard)!
They are tiny!No surprise. They're tiny!
Shame on you.
Great minds!I took that exact same shot.
If you walked around the city than perhaps you didn't use it. I was too tired most of the time to be able to walk from their house to my hotel. It wasn't far if you're used to walking 8-10 miles a day, but for me the 6-8 they were walking me already was pushing it.I don't remember the ubahn, so must not have taken it. I know we had a rental car the 1st time and just walked from the train station to our hotel the 2nd.
Yeah, it was new, but not a big deal.I would be too, glad it didn't bother you
Yes, and I liked it because I could set it in almost any position.Slick little control to show you everything!
and the dressing was even worse.Sure doesn't look like it has any flavour!
And then there was a report on the news this morning that drinking wine before taking a nap on a plane causes heart problems.Atta girl! That would help me with the possible sleep as well
Yeah, but I was getting a little bit sick of fruit.....Another nice looking brekkie
It was nice, even if the row only had two seats.I'm glad they moved and you had a row to yourself
I know! All the wine there was very affordable.Bargain!!!
I think it was the previous person in the room and the maids were sloppy.Gross! I hate the smell of smoke also, how were they getting into your room?!
Yeah, way too much.Uggg so much of the orange idiot I'm guessing
There were quite a few of them around the city center.Wow! I especially love the round tower
Well Magdalene is the one that really pointed all this out.Cool, thanks for pointing this out
Barely!Well done for being awake!
And I hadn't eaten much all day either!I would never have thought you could either, but they were quite small, yum!
This was evidently a very new plane, and in business class they did all sorts of interesting ways to get the seats in.That would definitely throw me for a loop, too! I don't think I ever realized there were backward plane seats!!
I hate when that happens.I know I quoted other things besides the seat, LOL, but somehow they've disappeared.
It wasn't nearly as long as Jordan/Egypt for a travel day. But it was a good start.That's quite a long travel day! But off to a really nice start.
What a beautiful place! Those intricate churches are so beautiful! I hope you had a good night's sleep in your new accommodations!