Visiting
Dresden, Germany/Carlos Pueblo
Dresden is on the central east part of Germany
and one time of East
Germany. I
was attracted to the history of the protector of Martin
Luther, the
Protestant religious revolution. The train is followed to
the valley
of the Elbe passing through many pretty villages of Czech
and Germany,
one of the scenic routes on German Rail map. I did find
both statues
of Luther and his protector, August II at the old town, a
section of a
totally rebuilt. The old town was destroyed during WWII
of heavy
bombardment of Britain and American airplanes. All historical
buildings
are rebuilt after the war. I am wondering all the time why Hitler
refused to
surrender earlier till the last minute.
After
checking in to my hostel, I walked back toward the Dresden HBF,
Central railroad
station, and north to the old town on St. Petersburger St.
Very soon, I
could see the first church, Kreuzkirche, kirche I believe is church
in English.
Passing through Kreuzkirche, I could see another huge church, the
most famous
one in town, Frauenkirche. There is a big square surrounded by many
stores of
various kinds to host tourists. I saw a big statue of Martin Luther in
front of the
cathedral and I also ran into many oriental visitors based on the
language which
they conversed I could identify that they were from either Taiwan
or China. I
kept on going toward River Elbe. Dresden is on the basin of Elbe.
The Elbe at
Dresden is as busy as Frankfort and many German river cities for river
cruises. I
found out the bridge for pedestrian to cross for my lunch with my U.S. credit
card as the
clerk at the inn recommended. I saw a shining golden statue of August II
on his house
at the other end of the bridge. He was the famous one of the elector and
the king of
Saxony. Elector of what? Elector of the Holly Roman Empire. I understand
easily why
the Protestant can be survived from the beginning, with a military force
behind. I
always enjoy reading history to understand how we are from in the current world
civilization.
I did find
my Chinese restaurant several blocks north of the bridge, another section of
this more
than half a million population city. I began to walk back to the old town. The
third large
church, Hofkirche, is on the other end of the beginning walk. I’ll have my
visit
to the king’s
residence, very humble claim of ZwingerPalace of the old Kingdom of Saxony.
I was still
looking for a bank where I could have some Euro for the rest of my Germany
visit.
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