The Dresden Hilton was located right in the center of Altstadt (Old Town)
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Glass dome and gilded statue on top of Academy of Art
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The Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), a Lutheran church.
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The baroque Frauenkirche with its huge dome was originally built in the 1700s. The church (along with much of the city) was destroyed in the 1945 Allied firebombing of Dresden. It was completely rebuilt in the 1990s in the original style.
The very top of the Frauenkirche tower
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An exterior view of the Zwinger Palace
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Another view of the palace
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The palace, again.
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The courtyard of the Zwinger Palace, now a museum complex.
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The Crown Gate at the Zwinger Palace.
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Palace courtyard, Crown Gate.
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Clock Gate of the palace.
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The Crown Gate at the Zwinger Palace.
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Some of the many decorations on the roof of the Zwinger Palace.
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Palace cherubs
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Another palace entrance
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Augustus Bridge over the Elbe River
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Ministry of Finance
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Statue of Martin Luther in the plaza around the Frauenkirche.
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(Contains no actual tea)
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Tired of the constant paparazzi
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Breakfast at the Dresden Hilton included soft pretzels.
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In addition to pretzels, the had everything else, as well
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Fun with a shoe-polishing machine
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The Volkswagen "Glass Factory"
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It's a giant car vending machine!
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A large shopping complex under construction, using a *lot* of cranes
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We rented an Opel Astra to drive to Denmark. Good thing we know how to drive a stick-shift!
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We saw many wind farms as we drove up the Autobahn to Denmark.
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