So first we spent overall about 24 hours in a bus the entire trip!! Super tiring, but it was fun talking to all the other exchange students.
Sleeping
Connor gracefully accepted ponytails
Palace in Prag
Nikkole and I with guard in front of palace
Wow!! The church! Wow!
More of the church
the city!
more of the city
the garden
Nikkole, Jade, and me
Biggest music club in middle europe
another palace
part of the city
czech dessert
Cool
Sunset
Leaving Prag :(
After we left Prag we drove to Dresden, we were on the bus for three hours and then spent the night in Dresden. This is the following morning as we started our tour through Dresden
Start of the tour
Garden surrounded by a moat
Incredible Fountian
The sandstone turns black with age, where the white sandstone is, they have recently replaced the stones that were starting to crumble
Theater Haus, the billboard on the front is the staff from the Theater house promoting being open to all, since there are a lot of marches saying that the immigrants should not be allowed to enter the rest of the country.
Catholic Church
This is a painting showing all the kings or rulers of Dresden
Dresden "Balcony" This is a part of the city above the river and the king/ruler called this the Balcony of the city.
This is a part of a church that was completely flattened in World War II. The black stone is part of the church that was salvaged, the white is the new stone they needed to finish rebuild the church
The entire church
Royal Door Handles, ya know the normal. This was a door handle to a palace, and this was not even the front entrance
Mannequins in Germany.
Im in love with Dresden
This is part of the city that was destroyed in World War II, you can tell just from this how flattened this beautiful city was.
I found the horses in Dresden
Curry Wurst, a common food to eat in Germany and also Austria. Its really good!!
Exchange Friends, from Canada, Italy and the States.
This city
This court yard was used for parties, for the Royals. I want to go to one of these parties!
Proof I was there
Catholic Church
This is a painting showing all the kings or rulers of Dresden
Dresden "Balcony" This is a part of the city above the river and the king/ruler called this the Balcony of the city.
This is a part of a church that was completely flattened in World War II. The black stone is part of the church that was salvaged, the white is the new stone they needed to finish rebuild the church
The entire church
Royal Door Handles, ya know the normal. This was a door handle to a palace, and this was not even the front entrance
Mannequins in Germany.
Im in love with Dresden
This is part of the city that was destroyed in World War II, you can tell just from this how flattened this beautiful city was.
I found the horses in Dresden
Curry Wurst, a common food to eat in Germany and also Austria. Its really good!!
Exchange Friends, from Canada, Italy and the States.
This city
This court yard was used for parties, for the Royals. I want to go to one of these parties!
Proof I was there
Bell Tower/Room
Leaving Dresden :(
But headed to Berlin!!
Statue of Nike, the goddess of Victory
This church was ruined in World War II, and was left ruined as a reminder of hardships.
Brandenburger Tur.
This is a very popular place to visit. This was the gate that the royals entered through, there were 12 entrances to the city at that time. World War II
The memorial for the Jews killed in World War II, this is the only one that the government would pay for. This is taken from the center, as you walk to the edge the stone walls become shorter to about knee height.
At the Jewish Memorial
But headed to Berlin!!
The bus ride from Dresden to Berlin was about 3, 3 1/2. We arrived in Berlin about 7:30, had dinner in the hostile and then had free time!! In this free time we all headed into the city and explored! The next morning we had breakfast and got on the bus for our tour through this amazing city.
Statue of Nike, the goddess of Victory
This church was ruined in World War II, and was left ruined as a reminder of hardships.
Brandenburger Tur.
This is a very popular place to visit. This was the gate that the royals entered through, there were 12 entrances to the city at that time. World War II
The memorial for the Jews killed in World War II, this is the only one that the government would pay for. This is taken from the center, as you walk to the edge the stone walls become shorter to about knee height.
At the Jewish Memorial
This was a bunker for war, when an invasion or bombing was occurring, people would either hide in basements or in in a bunker like this. It is kind of hard to see, but on the side of this building there are holes from where bullets and small bombs were dropped.
Giant Teddy Bear, the Mercedes Benz Arena is behind here!
The second stop on the tour is......
The Berlin Wall!!!
The Berlin Wall, is all wall that went straight through Berlin, separating the East from the West. The East was a communist side, and the people had a very hard life. They were not allowed to have anything beyond the basics. No chocolate, newspapers, coffee, anything.
Along the wall now there are paintings, they are all unique and different.
In front of the all Berlin Wall. These were all taken from the East side of the wall.
This was one of my favorite parts of the wall, sorry that the photo is blurry.
Bus ride with Gabe, from Oregon.
After visiting the Berlin wall we had free time for 5 to 6 hours. Jade, from Canada, and Nikkole, Oregon and I wandered the streets and explored Germany's capital.
What were we up to!
Gorgeous building in the distance.
River in the city
Theater Haus
Inside the Theater Hause
Courtyard of the Theater Hause
Sunset in Berlin
Berlins night life is starting up
10 hours bus ride back to Linz!!
This was one of the coolest experiences ever and I have never seen or been exposed to so much culture. And also probably never been so tired either!!
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