A day trip to Dresden!

Please see the previous post for my apologies on the lateness of my updates!

This weekend was the first in quite awhile that I was actually in Prague for the weekend. After hearing many people rave about Dresden, Alex and I planned a day trip! Dresden, Germany is about two hours away from Prague by train, so we pulled our hineys out of bed veryyyy early to get on the train before 9 am. Dresden is a fascinating place, as most of it has been rebuilt from the overload of bombings during WWII. The city was almost destroyed, and most of the historical buildings have been rebuilt in the last decade or so. Alex and I walked around the city's historic center and saw most of the main buildings and a lot of really neat churches. One of the most famous parts of the city is the Master's Gallery, which is home to the paintings of Titian, Rafael, Rembrandt, and many more. The most famous painting of the exhibition is Rafael's Madonna, which has the famous cherubs leaning on their elbows. Perhaps that is not the best description, but if you google Rafael's Cherubs you will recognize them immediately, I promise! Interestingly, they are at the very bottom of a very large painting and not the focal point of the piece at all. It makes you wonder how those little angel babies got so darn famous... :)

After a day of walking and being historical, Alex and I spent a little bit of time in Dresden's nice shopping district, where I may or may not have paid a visit to American Apparel and overpaid for a V-neck. I saw it as necessary. We then took the train back to Prague and hit the hay early after a day of travel and adventure!

Here are some pics of Dresden...

Inner courtyard of the old palace that now houses the Masters' Gallery and other museums.
Front view of the Masters' Gallery!

Famous mural of the Prince's Procession. Or something of that nature. It was made of painted tiles and really neat-o!

Main square of reconstructed Dresden

This is Our Lady Church, which was almost completely demolished in the bombings of WWII. It has been rebuilt with some of the old stones, but is mostly a new building. Still very cool though!

This is Julia Miller reporting for The Blague.