The Benjamin Button of Cities

Yes, Gentle Reader, we are in Dresden. "How to do Dresden in one day, for Dummies, on $6000CZH" 😂
we left Berlin at what EH called "the ass-crack of dawn" (9 am) after a classic family exchange on the platform. We got to discussing train trips thru Europe &  I  said the trip in '17 from Bratislava to Budapest was a chicken away from totally primitive. EH disagreed, saying it was the trip TO Bratislava that was like that. So she looked it up on this blog! I am the Boswell of such things! Meta- blogging! Best part was I used the same chicken 🐓joke in the blog entry about B to B 😂🤦‍♂️
It was hard to top that. The train to Dresden was painfully full, but we got here in good time & the flat is v near the train station & tram line. My good.
The title comes from EH. You see Dresden had rebuilt since the horrific 1945 bombing, where 70% was destroyed (see Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5). So all these sandstone buildings that look old wee rebuilt after '45. As our cab driver this morning said "the old town is really new & the new town old as it wasn't destroyed by bombing."
But it's a beautiful city. We loved the Zwinger (Ger. 4 fort) so here are two pics from the inner courtyard.
Here's the link to more.
We saw at least the outside of the main sites: 2 churches (there are no pics allowed inside the one, but it is almost gaudy ornate), 2 palaces, the tiled wall "procession of princess," the Buhl Terrace overlooking the Elbe. We were happy w that & have tickets at the "ass-crack of dawn" train to Prague in the morning.
Dinner was at a place labeled "vegetarian German". As you can see from pics, they had some meat. Ironically, again, I was the only one to abide by the description - I had their delicious potato soup (w all kinds  of cheese & stuff in it).
Finally, I lost my guide status. 😩 we were on the way to dinner & I @) got on what was really the wrong tram , b) assumed which way to get on & ended up on the wrong side of the Elbe. There was unhappiness abt how I recovered, too. I was told I was too  scrambled (you might see this as insensitive 😥) to trust. EH is now our guide. Good bless us.
Tomorrow from Prague!