We arrived in Dresden on the 14th of Feburary. One day after the anniversary of the bombing of the city at the end of WWII. This meant historical revisionists demonstrating about a holocaust against Germany and a counter demonstration of people linking hands not wanting their city to turn into a symbol for extremists.
Dresden is pretty cool. It`s run down in parts and been reconstructed in others. It has a pretty laid back atmosphere. The recently renovated Aldtstatd has many overly ornate churches and palaces. Augustus the Strong essentially built Dresden up. Amoung other things such as pregnating women, he was Elector of Saxony and King of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. He seems to have spent his other free time commissioning ornate buildings and purchasing over the top art works. I now know where all the Elephant tusks went after visiting his treasures in a Museum. This collection was way over the top with an Ivory room, a room of Bronzes, Porceline, Silver works and so on. This assault on the senses hurt my head after a while. The Irony was, it was the minimalist version as much had gone missing over the centuries and the bombings didn`t help either.
Dean
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