Today we 'played hookie' and skipped the Meissenware factory tour. Instead we had a leisurely breakfast of birchermuesli, fruit, and herb tea. Then we walked into Meissen and up through the town to the church. We stopped in a couple bookstores and picked up some picture books for Cora. Then we stopped at a Konditorei for some coffee and Streusel cake. We are now back on board ship and are underway to Torgau for the night.
Cafe in Meissen
Town well outside church in Meissen
Fruit market on square in Meissen
Cruising along the Elbe
We keep hearing cuckoos in the mornings as we cruise along the Elbe. At first I thought there was a cuckoo clock on board ship! If you turn the volume up on your computer, you can hear them in the first four seconds of this video that Dan took:
Cuckoos calling along the Elbe (Turn volume up. First 4 seconds)
Later in the evening, we took a walk in Torgau and visited Schloss Hartenfels, which was built in 1485. Hartenfels means "Hard Rock." So...is the cafe there the first Hard Rock Cafe?
Schloss Hartenfels in Torgau
Monument to the first meeting of Soviet and US Troops at the end of World War II. Torgau
Torgau is also the site where Soviet and US Troops first met after the end of World War II. This is a photo of the Soviet monument on the East side of the Elbe.
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