Saxon Switzerland

From Dresden we continue south on the Elbe River for our day trip at Bad Schandau, the gateway to the Saxon Switzerland - so called by a couple of poets who were much impressed with this area (this is why we left Dresden so early in the morning).

Many older villages on the Elbe.

Kayaks on the Elbe

Looking a little more rugged.

Konigstein Fortress on the sandstone mountain of the King

Willkommen in Konigstein

Bastei Bridge

We dock at the spa town of Bad Schandau and get on the bus for the trip to Bastei

Lots of climbing ladders.

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