Germany

Visited the concentration camp at Buchenwald, which was one of the first to be built and think it might have been the largest. A very eery feeling walking around, particularly in the crematorium where I couldn't spend more than a minute or so. It was so noticeably different to visiting an old gaol and the realities of the history is so much more to take in. It's interesting how much of the original camp was demolished (intentionally) after the war and the idea w...

Dresden is one of the cities that was completely destroyed by the war, however a lot of the history has been preserved through reconstruction of the original buildings including the church, city castle (schloss) and semperoper. Next time I visit Dresden I NEED to see an opera performance in the semperoper. The building is impressive from the outside but unfortunately we couldn't go inside to take a peek. At least the performers don't have to worry about people ...

More sightseeing outside the Victory Column

We thought we'd try something different for dinner in Berlin and went to the Danke Restaurant - where they have blind waiters and you eat your three course meal in complete darkness! You are led into the dining room by your waiter, in train holding the shoulders of the person in front. You are expected to pour your wine and water on your own after the waiter leaves the bottles on the table. We managed this quite well! I don't think we spilt a drop... though it's...