Dresden - This International Life

International Glühwein Tour 2006 (part 3: Dresden)

10 December 201426 December 2006

From Berlin, we took a train down to Dresden for a day in the deep east. Dresden is a beautiful city even when it’s not decked out in its Christmas finery, and it drew us in with its promise of the Oldest Christmas Market in Europe, which is in its 572nd year. That’s a lot … Read more

Dresden (the 3rd and final part of my recent Germany trip)

5 July 201411 May 2006

After a few hours in Halle I jumped on a train to Dresden to meet up with my friend Natale, who was eager to see a piece of the GDR after reading Stasiland, an excellent book about an Aussie who explores the East after the wall fell. I warned her in advance that we may … Read more