After the storm...

There was a big storm last night, and it has cooled down a lot. It's still muggy and warm, but thankfully not as oppressively hot as it was.

I took advantage of the cooler air today and had a good walk along the river, then went for Kaffee und Kuchen in the Grand Cafe by the Frauenkirche. There is a local cake, called Dresdner Eierschenke, so of course I had to try that. It's a bit like cheesecake.

Fuelled by cake, I've just had a cultural afternoon in the Residenzschloss. I went round the "Neues Gruenes Gewoelbe" - one half of the cultural treasury of Dresden, or, what very very rich folk give each other for Christmas. The other half is only accessible by timed access tickets, and must be something spectacular, as the one I saw was amazing enough. I also saw an exhibition called "The Future Since 1560", which was about the history of the collections and how thay have been influenced by the interests and politics of the day. I should have taken the free audio guide, as it didn't make much sense without it, but it looked as if it must have been interesting if you had an idea why the bits were there!

I also discovered what the very very rich folk of today give each other for Christmas by visiting the Meissen porcelain shops. They had a dinner service for £14,000. But it won't fit in my case.

Doing the Starbucks WiFi now, then I'll have some dinner and head back to discover what's on telly on a Saturday night in Germany. I had thought of going to the open air ballet, but the rain last night kind of put me off ...

Hope someone is still reading this! Bis spaeter.