Family Vacation

For the last ten days of April, I was visited by my parents and my Aunt Brenda. I had a great time showing them around Dresden and playing the tour guide in Prague and Berlin. We spent the first three days in Dresden. I showed them all the major sites (the Frauenkirche, the Zwinger, and Altmarkt), we attended a concert, ate wonderful food and shopped. The weather was beautiful – sunny and warm! We did two half day trips to the city of Meissen and to Königstein, a military fortress in the Sächsische Schweiz.

Meissen

Koenigstein

From Dresden we traveled south to Prague. Although cooler and rainy, we enjoyed seeing the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and the Jewish Quarter. We enjoyed the local culture and although the old town is beautiful, it has one too many souvenir shops for my taste. With the Czech Republic being known for its Garnet and my birth stone being the same, I thought it only appropriate that my souvenir be a Garnet necklace and matching earrings. On the last day in Prague, my parents and my aunt visited Theresianstadt, a concentration north of Prague while I wandered the city.

Olded Synagogue in Eastern Europe (Prague)

We ended out trip in Berlin. I was excited to show my parents around the Berlin. They visited the capital in 1984 before the wall came down and were excited to see the differences. We walked along Unter den Linden street and took pictures at the Brandenburg Gate. We visited the Reichtag (their Parliament building) having coffee and dessert at the rooftop terrace and then walking through the dome. It gave us a wonderful view of the city. We also visited the Jewish Holocaust Memorial. We couldn't miss KaDeWe, the largest department store on the continent, and snacked on goodies while we shopped. On our last day in town, we did some last minute shopping and while my mom, aunt and I visited Charlottenburg Palace, my dad walked to Alexanderplatz.

Reichstag

The Jewish Holocaust Memorial

It was said to see them go and I miss them already, but we had a great time and made some great memories. For more pictures, scroll below to Emma’s Picture Albums.