December 10th:
Dresden by night
Although the snow had stopped during the night it restarted as soon as we left Prague. Although we were on 'A' roads these were quite slushy and as we approached the German border just outside of Treplice we really struggled to get up a hill. Thank goodness we had got our winter tyres on. Mike very carefully nursed our van along but it was clear that we would have to turn round. We drove back about 20 kilometres and were able to pick up the motorway which was much clearer. We arrived in a very snowy Dresden at around 2pm and had our usual soup and sandwich lunch before trudging to the supermarket to stock up with more food (and drink).
We had found a great parking place to stay the night which was only a five minute walk away from the City Centre and although it was very snowy it felt warmer than Prague had done. As you are probably aware Dresden was very heavily bombed at the end of WW11 and it was interesting to see how well the buildings had been rebuilt. There was also a lovely Christmas market: the stalls seemed more original than others we had visited and they were all beautifully decorated. We bought a few Christmas gifts and then trudged back to the van in the snow.
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