Well we are back in the flow of traveling again, digging out the tourist flavours and hidden gems.
We had a nice walk at Seeser Bergbaufolgelandschaft just 15 minutes from Lubbenau. Though nothing special scenically, it was great seeing Mabel morph straight back into hound mode and dash about following scents…and then she found poo 🙈 Oddly Ernest gets aroused by her smelling vile so we have the double mischief of trying to keep him off her, and bathing her as best we can asap. Ah the joys of dogs!
Looking slightly more respectable we went on to the little town of Meissen, which has a striking castle and cathedral, lovely cobbled lanes, and a disappointing cake called a fummel bun. It’s €3 for a thin hollow balloon of pastry with the only taste coming from the icing sugar sprinkled on the top. I’ve got a sweet tooth and a cake addiction…this didn’t pass muster, half of it is still hiding unloved in the cupboard 😂
Arriving in Dresden we found parking easily (opting for Kraft works) and let the pups sleep while we did a recce. The old town is stunning with beautiful architecture in such a compact area. We saw the Knonetor, Zwinger, Semperoper and Castle then wandered further into town to see a ‘life under the red flag’ mural and German food market.
Being foodies we tried another new pastry – a Baumstrizel (hollow roll of pastry with sugar and cinnamon). It was nicer than the fummel but the inside pastry was still raw…not sure if it was meant to be.
Every city has its hip, foodie place and currently for Dresden it’s in Neustadt. We walked over one of the many bridges and knew instantly when we had arrived in the area. Higher density of younger people, locals, quirky shops, graffiti and lots of food options. I love these places!
We strolled around looking at the graffiti and found Kunsthofpassage almost by accident. It is 5 blocks of creative buildings and shops – one of which has funnels on it and makes music when it rains.
For dinner I’d told Mark I was taking him to a kabab house…you can guess he wasn’t too impressed. However for an affordable, filling and delicious vegan kabab Der Dicke Schmidt comes highly recommended (we had pulled seitan). It’s a great little place 😋
I also did, what Mark considers to be one of my daftest things yet. I bought a book by my favourite author in german…despite not speaking the language 😂 In my defense, I’ve read every book Walter Moers has written that has been to translated to English but it’s been years since a new one came and meanwhile he has released three books in German…to learn German by translating his books may be my only option 😳😜 It’s going to be a fun challenge and keep me busy over winter.
We had a lovely walk back, I always find cities so beautiful at night. I really should have invested in a better camera (I use an old phone), but it gives you an idea. Roll on tomorrow…
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