Today we got an early start to head out to Dresden, a stop before we got to Prague. Dresden was bombed by allied forces in feb 1945, so much of it had to be rebulit but it's still a very beautiful city. We went to the main tourist area and it was so amazing. It looked like storybook Europe. Cobble stone streets, very hard to walk on especially when it's wet, old palaces, churches and courtyards. It was raining off and on and just being dreary and gross so that part was not fun and we mostly used ally's camera bc mine is a hassel to get out and I don't want to get it too wet.
So we went to the art museum in Dresden where their most famous painting is the madonna of Sistine, you probably don't recognize the name but the painting has two very famous angels in the lower half. Google it and you'll see haha. So anyways, after walking around for awhile and going to the museum we got a break for lunch. I went with ally and some of her friends to a german cafe and had soup. I tried to get her to order in german but there was something lost in translation I guess. After lunch ally and I explored the area, took a few pictures, and went inside one of the churches that had been destroyed in the war. It was rebuilt about 20 yrs ago so it was kinda lame, but the outside was very pretty. Then ally wanted ice cream. In the middle of winter in Europe. So we found a bakery with a gelato stand and she ordered in german and the ice cream girl was so impressed, it was really cute. And then she convinced ally to get chocolate too. It was pretty good for 2 euros, although it was supposed to be only 1 oh well.
After that it really started to rain and I was tired of using my umbrella, I so tied my scarf around my head like the gypsys do here. We walked what felt like forever back to the bus and then it was off to the Czech Republic! It didn't take very long to get to the border, and we didn't even know we had crossed it till we started seeing signs in Czech and the driver said welcome to the Czech Republic! All day on the bus we were playing games with the tour leader, like naming all the European countries and then we listened to german music and had a sing along to 99 luftbaloons! Like the only famous german song haha.
Pretty soon we arrive at the hotel and find it is actually pretty nice. It has a bowling alley(!) and so everyone went down for what was supposed to be texans against canadians, but it ended up just being random teams and not really competition. It was random fun, the best kind, and ally was even ahead at one point but after a few gutters she fell too far behind to catch up. The hotel rooms are super nice too, way better than our dorms in Berlin. I love watching random shows and commercials in Czech and german. Today we saw pieces of the simpsons, friends, and I just saw the cutest kitten commercial in Czech. The kitten was talking to it's owner about kitten food and it was adorable. Kittens are awesome in any language! Ok I think thats about it, sounds like a lot but it really wasn't haha. Btw, yesterday morning I dropped my contact lens case lid down the drain! Luckily it didn't go all the way down, but it was pretty stuck down there and there was a metal bar making it hard to get it out. I worked on it in the morning and then later after dinner and finally got it out. So complicated! At least I didn't have to find another one :)
Tomorrow we explore Prague! Time to hopefully get our shop on!!
Jenny
Ps ally already misses Mex food and sonic drinks! We've only been out like three days silly bee!!
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