We got up at 1:30 for Gretchen and I to catch the USO bus to Dresden for the Christmas Market. The bus wasn't full so we each got two seats!!! We stopped along the way for breakfast. I managed to order some yummy eggs and fresh squeezed orange juice.
Dresden was FRIGID!!
Dresden was bombed and mostly demolished in WWII. Many of the buildings were restored to their original grander after the war. They even used a lot of the pieces of the old buildings they found to rebuild. In the pictures, all of the black on the buildings were stones replaced or columns or sections of buildings burned and still standing and used to rebuild after the war.
After the tour we had 6 hours to shop and wander through the market. On a different day we would of appreciated the free time, but it was soooo cold we could barely stand it! Gretchen and I bought tights at the Christmas Market because our legs were freezing and numb! We walked around the market for a while and tried some different foods. We tried a strange pizza. It was pretty good. We also tried grog to warm up. It is a warm eggnog with alcohol in it. It was soooo bad we had to choke it down.
Then it was off to the mall to look around and get out of the cold. We still had 3 hours to burn so we spent it between 2 cafes. We got on the bus at 6 and headed home. We arrived home at 1:30 am and were glad to hear Hayden got some much needed sleep and the guys took a little tour of Stuttgart while we were gone.
Dresden was FRIGID!!
Dresden was bombed and mostly demolished in WWII. Many of the buildings were restored to their original grander after the war. They even used a lot of the pieces of the old buildings they found to rebuild. In the pictures, all of the black on the buildings were stones replaced or columns or sections of buildings burned and still standing and used to rebuild after the war.
After the tour we had 6 hours to shop and wander through the market. On a different day we would of appreciated the free time, but it was soooo cold we could barely stand it! Gretchen and I bought tights at the Christmas Market because our legs were freezing and numb! We walked around the market for a while and tried some different foods. We tried a strange pizza. It was pretty good. We also tried grog to warm up. It is a warm eggnog with alcohol in it. It was soooo bad we had to choke it down.
Then it was off to the mall to look around and get out of the cold. We still had 3 hours to burn so we spent it between 2 cafes. We got on the bus at 6 and headed home. We arrived home at 1:30 am and were glad to hear Hayden got some much needed sleep and the guys took a little tour of Stuttgart while we were gone.
