Our pups really are spoilt – what a cultured morning walk pottering around Dresden old town. Mabel and I considered driving on ahead in a flashy ferarri, she had a roll at the planetary sculpture and I spotted a moose head. There is so much to see, you really must remember to look up and in every direction for the extra details. We also heard someone playing the handpan which I’d love to learn if they weren’t so darn expensive 😂
Have you seen the film – The Great Budapest Hotel? If so you may recognise these photos, taken at our first stop of day Molkerie Pfund Café. The downstairs deli is ornately tiled, but the upstairs cafe is rather bland…to be fair most places would be in contrast. There was no vegan option…not even soya milk, so I had to sit patiently while Mark tried the local delicacy Dresden Eierschecke – a light, three layered cake. His review – nice but not outstanding.
By this point it was gone 12 and I’d not had any breakfast so it was a quick dash to Bio ist Genuss cafe for a slice of vegan apple strudel before the hangry monster appeared. I’d recommend a look at the tiles in Pfunds, but then eating at Bio as it’s much nicer and also serves Eierschecke. (P.s. you aren’t meant to take photos Sshhh)
Stuffed full of cake we drove out to Konigsberg fortress. This looks so impressive from the outside, especially from a long distance. Once inside, it’s strangely like being in a normal street, rather than a youth detention center (one of its previous uses). There were reports of multiple escape attempts through the lift shaft…you certainly wouldn’t want to go over the sheer fortress walls – it’s a long way down! Mark visited the armoury and left me playing with 4 puppies ❤️
We then crossed the border into Czech (you can buy your vignette at border) and into the Saxon Switzerland National Park to do a long up hill hike to see the Pravčická Archway. It was well worth it! We got there 7minutes before closing so she let us in for free for a quick look at the view from the ‘paid’ side.
On the way up we had noticed ambulance and fireservice vans and were concerned someone had hurt themselves but at the top it was clear it was a training exercise with 20+ personal (they were also training at Koningsberg). One of whom was a gorgeous Merle collie who Ernest spent the entire walk back down trying to catch up with. Thus 1.5 hours of heel work on slippy rocks and sand…I’d love to say he got the hang of it, but nope, bulldogs are seriously slow learners. On the plus its great resistance training for my arms 😂
Having researched Prague there is so much we want to do there, so we had some dinner and drove late into the evening to arrive at River Camping Prague, where we will stay for a couple of nights as wild camping is forbidden in Czech.
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