Dear Mother:
Not coming home, moving to the Czech Republic.....
But seriously. Prague is amazing. I think the whole delegation is going to marry the city (my roomie (Sarah) has already planned her honeymoon here.) Prague has the advantage of being relatively unharmed during the World Wars. But more on this amazing city later.
Firstly, I have pictures from Berlin yesterday to show off to the world. These are from yesterday and would have been posted in my blog if it hadn't been so late.
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| Chillin' at the wall |
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| Some very interesting art on the wall |
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| Church in Berlin |
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| A stunning fountain I saw on my walk back to the hostel |
So today we left Berlin (sadly) and headed east towards Prague. However, our first stop was Dresden, Dresden is a beautiful city filled with buildings that are originally hundreds of years old. These glorious buildings, however, were destroyed when the city was heavily bombed towards the end of World War Two. Most buildings there are reconstructions that are about 20 years old. Still, most of the materials are the originals and the designs are as close to the original as possible. It still gives the impression of the incredible city it was. Now for some more snaps!
I must give a special mention to the Frauenkirche. I have mentioned it on all the postcards I am sending at the moment. This church was rebuilt about 5 years ago as close to the original as possible. Now when Dresden was bombed, people fled inside the castle. The fires caused the inside air to heat up to over 1000 degrees and the church basically exploded and thousands of people perished. On the outside it is amazing to behold, but the interior took my breath away.
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| sorry picture is sidewatys, but my laptop takes forever to rotate images |
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| The interior - picture courtesy of http://www.europeupclose.com/ |
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After we left Dresden, we headed for Prague. Prague is an amazing city, particuarly at night. It has had the good fortune of being left relatively untouched during the wars as the Czechs offered little resistance to the Nazis. As such, there are buildings here that are 800 years old, or even older. I haven't been here long, but it has been amazing. Thjings are so cheap her in Prague and there is a definate shopping spree on the horizon tomorrow. So excited. Here are some pictures of what I have seen, and fallen in love with, whilst in Prague.
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| A church, at night. Does not do it justice |
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| Oh, and a starbucks |
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I have also seen a cafe Elysee. Much joy there. I will take lots of photos tomorrow whilst on my shopping spree, but for now I must wish you all a good night.
~Elyse
Hi Elyse,
ReplyDeletegreat reports and great pictures!
Just some comments from me to your Berlin pictures.
1. interesting art on Berlin wall - the picture of "brotherly kiss" shows two men well-known in the former GDR - Leonid Breshnev (former leader of soviet union) and Erich Honecker (last leader of the GDR till fall of the wall 1989)
2. Curch in Berlin - it is the Berlin Cathedral and
3. stunning fountain - it's the well-known "Neptun Brunnen" near the Berlin "Fernsehturm"
btw. the TV Tower was build between 1965 and 1969, when the east part of Berlin was "Capital of the GDR" and was opened on October 7. 1969 (former celebrated as "Day of the Republic")
Cya, Rolly