Dresden

http://www.dw.com/en/landmark-dresden-church-completes-rise-from-the-ashes/a-1758986Dresden was a pleasant surprise. It's beautiful cathedrals and palaces are in great shape.

Palace of the King of Saxony in 1912 and currently the State house of the Free State of Saxony

Church of the Holy Trinity also called the Dresden Cathedral is Catholic

King's Garden?

Viking Astrild is the all white boat under the bridge

Bruhl Terrace

Jane photos the Bruhl Terrace and Dresden

We climbed the Bell Tower of the Church of the Holy Cross (Kreuzkirche) and FYI it's not called a Cathedral unless it's a Bishop's  home. That's the Frauenkirke in the distance on the right and the Hofkirke on the left with the Elbe behind.

Top of the bell tower of the Kreuzkirke

The back of the Catholic Hofkirche with the König Schloss (today it's the State House of the Free State of Saxony) on the right.

King Johann of Saxony

Opera House Theater

Entrance to the Palace of August the Strong from the garden passes under this crown

Leaving Dresden early there were villas on the bank of the Elbe River and many of them grow grapes.