Dresden

97% of Dresden was destroyed on the night of Feb 13, 1945 by the allied forces. Some Brits viewed it as Churchill's revenge for the massive bombardment of the old city of Coventry. There is no sure count but the number who died was in the tens of thousands. The city is over 800 years old and was rebuilt about 40 years after it was destroyed. We took the bus tour that was supposed to be 1 1/2 hrs (more like 2 1-2 hrs). I guess they forgot to take into account lots of traffic and liquid sunshine. Kind of hard to see much especially at the end. The highlight of this day was a prime Italian meal at la Osteria at Kreuzstrase 1. Complete with homemade tortellini AND homemade tiramisu. Yummy. Joshua said his vanilla ice cream was the best he had ever had.
 

Did want to mention that gas is $8 a gal here and even more in France like $10 a gal. It was interesting that we had to insert our hotel key card to activate everything in our room. There's a slot at the door. It turns on the lights and air... ultimate conservation.

 

With the rain and being in the bus, I thought this might be the best I could do for photos from Dresden!

 

 Here's looking at you.

 

To conservation!!