On Friday, we all hopped on a train to Dresden. This city is by far my favorite city in Germany so far! I wrote about it in a previous blog. So naturally, I wanted to share my favorite city with them. We stayed in the same wonderful little hostel our class stayed in. It’s called the Kangaroo stop if you ever plan on being Dresden. We hit up der Swinger and Mema just loved the Art gallery that houses Raphael’s Madonna. We walked around the old city and I did my best to give them a tour. We had a nice dinner the kneipen viertal (the bar quarter) which actually has more than just bars. The girl that worked at our hotel recommended a nice little Italian place. So we drank a little wine and had great conversation long into the night. These are times I will never forget. Three generations together in Germany! So then on Sunday we returned to Quedlinburg with a very interesting train ride. If you would like to know more about the train ride ask Mom! hahaha (or call me). We had a good night's sleep in Quedlinburg and then took a train to Berlin where we stayed until their departure in Wednesday. We took a city bus tour just to cover the basics. But before that we woke up early in order to get in line to see the Reichstag building or Germany's Parliamentary Building. The line gets quite long if one doesn't get there early. It has a large glass dome on the top that everyone can go into and actually look down and see into the meetings going on. Many German government buildings are made of glass as if to say "our Government is transparent and we have nothing to hide". The Law and Government is for all to see and have knowledge of. I find this so great. Then we visited Museum Island. This is a spot that houses many museums with some world famous stuff! Mema was interested in seeing the Pergamum Museum and, of course, the Old National Gallery that houses many Monet, Manet, and Renoir paintings. It was really amazing to be in the presence of such great pieces with an artist to explain the different techniques. (For those of you who don't know, Mema is an amazing portrait painter). And then on Wednesday at the crack of dawn they got on a plane back to America. It was such a great visit even if it was short. I love you all and promise to blog again soon!
love love love
Michelle
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the art museum in the zwinger is one of my favourites... glad your mom and grandma got to see it... and the pergamum in berlin is awesome, with the ishtar gate and the whole temple from pergamum.
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