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| Dresden Old City at night |
Our last stop on the celebrate Lady Hiva birthday trip was
Dresden, Germany! Dresden is a beautiful city in the south part of Germany and
was once of the last kingdoms to be annexed into the country. Much like Prague
it is built on a river and have large gothic buildings towering over
picturesque bridges and cobblestone squares. Many of them had to be rebuilt
after the bombings of WWII, but today you would not know that. They are
beautiful.
We ended up with a beautiful hotel right in the heart of the
city (thank you, hotwire.com). We ate dinner and then went to shopping. Lady
Hiva found a Christmas shop and we bought our German nativity (I collect them
from all the places we go). While the girl was packaging it up—she was SO SLOW—Lady
Hiva and I let Tau’aho run up and down the corridor between shops. Before it
was over Lucky Dragon had been given chocolate from two different people
(seriously! This kid could live on the free food he gets!). It was a bit cold
so Lady and Lucky boy went back to the hotel and I went to get some night
photos.
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| The view from our window |
It was an amazing city to walk around and see. I strolled
along with the couples enjoying the night. Hurried past the youth blasting
their music and lining up their empty beer bottles on the wall (and watched for
shadows moving in the shadows…luckily there weren’t any). I enjoyed taking
photos.
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| Night profile of Dresden |
The next day we had a large, delicious Swiss breakfast. We
are still surprised with the open way that pork is sold and eaten! We did a
quick tour of the city before driving back to Prague—Laura (our GPS woman) got
us lost a few times which was fun to see more of the villages in the area but
we had a plane to catch.
We flew back and it was fun to see how happy Lucky Dragon
was to be home. He walked into the door and walked around alternating cheers
between an ecstatic clapping “yeah!” and throwing his hands in the air and
shouting “woohoo!” triumphantly. He must have missed home!
Actually, this week he has picked up some new hobbies. He
loves to draw and will sit as long as he will to read to just color. He still
thinks the heart and the star are the best shapes and gets so excited to see
them. I was drawing animals for him and he would guess what they were. When I
drew a cat he looked at it, paused and then quizzically said, “What’s that?” HAHAHA..I
guess I failed on the cat drawing department (maybe it is because I am a dog
person at heart). He has also taken to puzzles. He will sit and match shapes
and colors for hours. I like to watch him figure it out. He is always so proud
of himself when he completes one. Again we see him throw up his hands and give
a “woohoo!”
