dresden

We took an early train to Dresden and got on our way, knowing we'd travel back to Potsdam that evening.Outside the der Dresdner Zwinger palace.And inside.I believe that the Frauenkirche is the main site of Dresden. I've learned some about the church's history in architecture, which was nice for background.
Here we have the church in legos... which already had me impressed.And in real life... wow, right? The church was rebuilt and opened for service in 2005. Before its massive, and costly, renovation, the church stood as rubble from WWII. All the dark stones you see are from the original church, precisely mapped out from the ruins and set in the reconstruction.

The guidebook told us that the church was closed every day from 12 to 1, or so we read while in a gigantic line at 11:56. Turns out, we slipped in as some of the very last guests for an afternoon organ service, more for visitors than worship. Lucky girls we are.

The Volkswagen factory, which my dad just told me is the most modern automobile factory in the world at the moment. I'll take his word for it.Anaïs's guidebook had a great recommendation to go to the Pfunds Molkerei. It is a charming little dairy house with really great milk.Two glasses of milk. Check. Cheese plate for two. Check. Pause... yummm. On our way.Our path lead us through the botanical gardens on the edge of the large city park. After a while hanging out in the park, it was time to catch our train.

In our train coach, we talked to some Canadians nearing the end of their month backpacking Europe. I couldn't have told you where exactly they were from, but apparently me saying 'America' (not 'the States') and 'Cyanada' (not 'Canada,' apparently) gave me away.