Getting in touch with Nature. kinda.

Sunday, Oktober 19

We woke up for breakfast at the hostel and then headed out for a boat tour of the city. While the tour wasn't wonderful (there just isn't much to see from the river) it was fun to be on the boat and hang out with everyone. On the way to the boat tour we ran into the Dresden marathon which was really fun and made me think of when daddy used to run them (and we stood in the cold and cheered for him!) Anyway, we had a good time on our boat tour jsut hanging out and talking and it was nice to just sit and not have to walk around!

Afterward we had some more free time and the Art and Art History prfoessor from IES met us to give us another tour of Dresden. While I originally hadn't been to excited about it I decided to take part anyway because I had already seen everything I was dying to see (minus the Frauenkirche).

So we headed to the Frauenkirche and stood in what looked like the longest line ever but it moved quickly and we finally made it into the church. And it was beautiful! We even got to hear the church choir practice for a little bit which wonderful (duh!) We then headed out to the other side of the river with our professor and took a wonderful "hike" up through alley ways to the top of this hill on the other side of the river. And it was BEAUTIFUL!!! With the leaves changing and falling it made for a wonderful afternoon!
Afterward we went back to the hotel, grabbed our bags for a 2.5 hour bus ride back to Berlin. I got the chance to listen to Kevin's message from the 14th and to another one of Piper's which was so great!! Anyway, as the sun was setting we also had a great view of the windmills which are all over this country and I finally got the chance to take a picture!!!