Wednesday July 21, leaving Berlin

We had a 6 am wakeup call on Wednesday morning so we could have our suitcases in the hall by 6:30, go down to breakfast and leave by 8:00. At least that is what we thought. The time was changed to 7:45 and so at 7:50 we got a call and hurried (to our embarassment) to be the last on the bus. That won't happen again.

We had a 2 1/2 hour ride to Dresden where we were able to explore and have lunch. This top picture is the plaza at Dresden with a large statue of Martin Luther. Their was a large Lutheran church that had been rebuilt after WWII. Extremely ornate inside with gold and beautiful windows. No pictures allowed inside. We stop at a little roadside stall for a rostbratwurst for lunch and ate it as we walked up a stairway to look at the Elba River. Rostbratwurst



The Elba River

Then it was back on the bus for another 2 1/2 hours to Prague, Czech Republic. We arrived at the hotel, got checked in and some went on a tour of the old Jewish area of Prague. We followed the tour to a large plaza and spent the afternoon looking around the shops, seeing the street musicians and exploring down little streets, always to be sure we could find our way back. It is good Jerry can orient himself well. I do pretty good if I have a map and watch carefully, however I tend to get turned around easily. Following are a few pictures of Prague.

Above are pictures of the tower that we walked through when we went to the plaza. The large plaza (there was this large plaza and several other smaller ones. One of the small side streets that we walked down with exclusive stores such as Mont Blanc, Prada, Cartier, etc. A street musician that played sax and trombone to a karioke machine. He also sang Volare and the younger observers really got a kick out of him. The last picture is of our hotel.

We had a dinner buffet with the tour group at the hotel and went to bed tired and ready for a good night's sleep. It was a full and enjoyable day.