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A view outside our hotel in Berlin.
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Good morning Berlin! On day 3 we will be heading to Dresden, Germany and continue our journey to Prague in Czech Republic. Before that, we shall indulge ourselves with our first authentic European buffet breakfast :) Probably I was over excited, I forgot to take any picture during breakfast but I recalled the buffet breakfast spread was quite good at Andels Hotel.
After breakfast we headed down south to city of Dresden. Our bus journey took about 2 hours but we had a pit stop at midway.
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Enjoying my drink during a not so cold winter....
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Finally we arrived at Dresden at around 10.30a.m.
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| Our first sight of the City of Dresden |
Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for centuries which is rich with cultural and artistic splendour. The city was badly damaged during world war 2 and a lot of effort was put in to restore the place. This explains why some of the buildings look relatively new and beautiful although they should be centuries old.
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| On the right the famous mural depicting the Procession of Princes |
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| Frauenkirche - A church rebuilt after it was destroyed during WWII. As far as possible the ruins were reused to reconstruct the church. |
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| Zwinger Palace |
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| River Elbe |
Our lunch was at a restaurant by the name of Sophienkeller located within walking distance from the place we visited in Dresden. I felt that the restaurant is quite special as it is located underground. Food was quite good too.
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| Chicken and Vegetable Pie |
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| Apple Strudel |
After lunch we proceed with our journey to Prague, Czech Republic located 2 hours drive away.
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| Our tour bus!!! |
By the time we arrived to Prague it was in the evening around 5pm. We checked in ourselves into Prague Clarion Congress Hotel for 2 nights.
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| Prague Clarion Congress Hotel - Lobby |
It looks like a pretty quiet hotel with basic settings but nevertheless the hotel is still quite comfortable. It kind of reminds me of a video walkthrough of a hotel in North Korea that I watched over youtube not too long ago.
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Prague Clarion Congress Hotel - Café
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| Prague Clarion Congress Hotel - Our Room |
The room was pretty comfortable and clean. Contrary to what I learned from my western Europe tour in 2014, the hotels in eastern Europe do provide coffee making facilities.
What is nice with this hotel is that it is attached with a shopping complex but.... it is also quite quiet as well. Probably it is already late and as we all know shops in Europe do close much earlier. There is also a supermarket for those who are interested to buy some snacks or drinks.
After a short walk, we headed back to the hotel for a buffet dinner.
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| Prague Clarion Congress Hotel - Buffet Dinner |
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| My dinner, a slice of cutlet, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and pickled vegetables....Nice! |
The third thing I like about this hotel is that it comes with complimentary gym access. Not the ordinary hotel gym but a Fitness First look a like located in the shopping complex which just opposite of the hotel lobby. Finally I get to burn some fat that I have gathered from the trip. Yay!
More to come....
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