We finished our ride yesterday. I loved every minute of the trip, even riding up mountains into the wind and riding into the rain. I’m sad to see this part of our trip end. On the other hand, it feels good to get out of the saddle and into my walking shoes.

We are in Dresden for two days. We checked into our hotel yesterday afternoon, rested a bit, took showers, and then went for a short walk to find a place for dinner. Germany is not like the States in many ways. One is that virtually all stores are closed on Sundays. Restaurants are an exception. People need to eat.

Today was our day to explore “Florence on the Elbe”, as it is called. Dresden is a very charming city, beautiful, and mostly rebuilt after it was bombed in 1945. Linda and I left the hotel early in the morning and spent to better part of the day walking and walking and walking more. We found out that today is a holiday (something to do with Ascension Day), so most stores were still closed.

The streets were crowded with tourists, but almost all businesses were closed, so the day was quite peaceful, especially when we hiked through a very big park.

Here are some of the sights of the city.

We leave in the morning for Copenhagen, where we’ll spend two days, before going to Sweden to visit my son and spend my birthday in Stockholm.