Euro Trip - Dresden

We made it to Dresden... barely. So happy we made our train. The trains in Dresden were super confusing and no one spoke English, so it took us awhile to figure out where we were going. While we were on the platform waiting for our train, I saw the first gym I've seen in Europe. (Of course I had to take a picture!) 

Once we got off our commuter train, it was easy peasy. We stayed in the Kangaroo Stop Hostel, which was very centrally located to the area of Dresden we were looking to explore. Dresden is beyond beautiful. It wasn't a major city which was different from Amsterdam or Berlin. Instead, it was very quaint, with the river running through, and the old city near. 

We were only there for a night, so that's why we took an early train out so it was a full day there.  We were fortunate because the day we arrived, Friday, they were setting up a huge street fair with food booths, drink booths, music, etc. 

We were able to try some amazing different types of food we probably wouldn't have been able to try otherwise. I had cabbage pasta, it was out of this world amazing! (I am going to try and recreate it!) Tyler of course had sausage, lol. Later we split this cheesy bread with pancetta. Yeah, I think that's the day my food soul went to heaven! It was amazing! 

At the street fair, they didn't use any paper cups and plates or throw away cups and plates, instead they charged you a 1 euro deposit and you had to return the cup or plate you were using in order to get the euro back. It was really different. The people here don't believe in water, we have been trying to drink water whenever we can get our hands on it.

After we hung out at the street fair, we walked over to the old city. It was beautiful. I think it's my favorite city so far in terms of architecture. It was so cool to feel like you were in a whole city that was so not transformed. They really have preserved the grounds and feel of the old city. 

We went to the Zwinger, which is where royalty used to hold parties of all sorts, and the Frauenkirche Cathedral. I personally liked the inside of the Berliner Dom more, but this one was beautiful too. We went on a tour of the royal jewels. There was a whole room of diamonds that I pretty much drooled over. The diamond crusted blinged out sword was one of my favorite pieces. 

We took a break between exploring in the old city to go back to the street fair and grab our snack (the pancetta cheesy bread) and beer. Clearly we are eating super healthy, duh! 

After the royal jewels tour, we head to the Biergarten that was right on the river. We had a few beers, played rummy, enjoyed the sights and soaked up our surroundings as much as possible. 

After we walked back to the hostel and got ready to go to dinner. We went to a Turkish restaurant where we ordered a kabob platter to share. It was really good. Not our best meal, but it was good. 

We were exhausted so we went back to the hostel, watched a couple episodes of the final season of How I Met Your Mother. (It's been a good one so far!) 

The next day we walked back to the street fair in the morning, and walked back to the river before we had to catch our train to Prague. Dresden is beautiful, I highly recommend it.

:)