Dresden-Leipzig

Every town that we visit in Germany seems to get more picturesque than the last. I knew that Dresden was going to be a highlight and it didn't disappoint. At one time it was called the "Florence on the Elbe". The Zwinger Carillon Pavilion was just beautiful. Dresden, founded in the 12th Century has such a fabulous history and although bombed during WW2, it's looking pretty wonderful today. They do get flooded (just like Brisbane) and the last big flood was in 2013.

                      

                      

The Crown Gate was one of my favourites.

                       

The other favourite was the 'Procession of Princes' mural. At 102m long, it is made up of 23,000 Meissen porcelain tiles making it the largest porcelain artwork in the world and thankfully, it survived the WW2 bombing.

                       

Special bridges were built in these magnificent buildings so that the the nobility didn't have to walk on the ground that the 'common people' walked on. It is hard to imagine how life must have been like in those days!

                        

We stayed overnight at Leipzig where the great composers Johan Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn lived the last years of their lives. 

So much history in this town too but I am running out of time to blog about some of these places as we see so much during the day and at night, at some hotels, the internet is not that great!