dresden: two

there are many museums in dresden, and seeing all of them in one day is humanly impossible, and i don't believe in seeing everything just for the sake of seeing it, anyway. we picked the gemäldegalerie alte meister (old masters picture gallery), and that was enough. the old masters can be extremely tiring if taken in excessive amounts, and i like to play games to make the experience more exciting. one such game involves looking for the most hilariously proportioned baby jesuses. another is finding as many dashing men as possible. the gemäldegalerie alte meister is not lacking in either department.

dresden: one

it is simultaneously fascinating and strange to be able to take a day trip to another country, without needing a passport.  yesterday we took a train to dresden, which is only two hours away.  two hours, and everyone around speaks german and all prices are in euros.  dresden is very small, with disproportionately grandiose buildings scattered every which way around the old town.  my favorite thing that i found was on the back of the ständehaus on auguststraße: two very insecure-looking atlantises.  one looks like he is looking for any sign of hair on his chest; the other, like he had an accident.  also, when we were in schloßplatz, i wondered whether napoleon had ever been here, only to find out now that this is somewhere in the vicinity.  looks like i might have to go back to investigate, maybe in june.