Off to Dresden

Here is a picture of on of the playgrounds we visited.




Today I woke up wide awake at 230am. This is the first trip I have done where I was really effected by jet lag. We ate breakfast at the hotel. Had some bread fruit and vegetable. Not a bad way to start the day. Made our way to the main train station using the subway. We are pros already. At the moment we are just waiting at the train station for our train to Dresden.


On the train.







I love taking the train and going places that are unknown to me. This trip is crazy because it does not seem real. When we wrote the grant I did not really think that we would actually get it. Even when we got the check it seemed unreal. It is so bizarre to be sitting here on the train heading to another town in Germany.

Got to Dresden and found our hotel. It's a Holliday inn of all places! It is the nicest places I have stayed in while traveling.



View from our room



After we got settled we headed off to find some play areas around town. We found a huge park in the center of town. It had many different areas of green grass, a mini train track, a mansion, and a zoo (which we visited)













We found one play area in the pack and many in the zoo. The zoo was full of crazy animals are really interesting buildings. Dresden was destroyed during the war so most things here have a very modern feel to them.










After the zoo we walked back to out hotel and stopped at a giant skate park to watch a tun of kids skate, blade and bike. It is a great skate park built by the city. I think it is so cool that the city provides so many areas of play and recreation for the public.

When we got back to the hotel we passed out for a short nap and then headed to dinner. Surprisingly we found a place with vegan food!!! Celeste had lasagna and I had a potato stew and of course a beer.....or two.




Now I am sitting in the bar in the hotel with a group of Germans updating my blog and watching Germany play in the European Cup. Every tense down here! The whole of Europe is buzzing with football fever! Looking forward to some good sleep. We are staying in Dresden again tomorrow so we can sightsee and take it easy!

Good night all, and thanks for reading!


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Location:Dr.-Külz-Ring,,Germany