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| An example of the architecture |
Today I dedicated my day to learning about my “neighborhood”. As noted in the title it is called the Neustadt. It is situated between Assuere Neustadt and an industrial area of the city. It stopped snowing and the sun came out today but don’t be fooled it is still very cold. I layer myself up and head out in the opposite direction of my tramp stop. The architecture is a very beautiful in areas and very industrial in sections. Early into my journey I realize I did not eat breakfast and am very hungry. Upon the realization that I am hungry I find myself outside of Restaurant Pizzeria Florenz! Pizza sounds perfect. I enter and take my seat the waitress brings me cordial glass and explains that it is raisin wine……it did not sound like something that would taste great but I was pleasantly surprised. I ordered a margarit pizza and a glass of white wine, dry. The pizza comes and it is not bad given that I am in the heart of Saxony Germany. I head back out on my journey to explore the “hood” It is a wonderful mix of residential, gift shops, grocery store, cafes and other fun eateries. I also find that the militärhistorisches museum Dresden is on the border. Unfortunately it is closed till 2011 but it makes me wonder about the fact that Dresden was part of East Germany from 1945 till 1990. This leads me to wonder about what happened to Dresden during World War II. Since I know that the fun place I ate lunch on Monday was reduced to rubble. I did some research on these topics and will share someday soon. Feeling more comfortable in the hood I decide it is time to do laundry, how hard can it be? I fill my backpack with the laundry and walk the three or so blocks up to Rudolf-Lenohard Strabe to the laundromat. It looks like a typical Laundromat except everything is in German. I fill two washers and look for the coin slot, no coin slot on the washers. Hum, so I look around and find a panel on the wall with numbers, letters and coin slots. Score! I now realize I have no washer soap but notice a to my left there is a machine that has three cut out section that have plastic cups in the cut outs. After further investigating I decide this is laundry soap but no coin slots. OK, the panel on the wall must control everything. This is when I learn that simply staring at the panel will not make the machines work. Who would have thought……at this point a kind women say “I help?” Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers. My laundry is washing and I look around for a place to wait. There is a restaurant next door that is called Come on In, so I do. It looks like a very local place it is full of people laughing and enjoying each other’s company. I take a seat, order a white wine dry and take out my computer to begin to do some work. Forty minutes later I finish my wine and return to the laundromat and dry and fold my clothes without incident. Tomorrow I am going to plan trips to Berlin and Prauge and then spend the afternoon and evening sharing the Christmas Markets with Stephen.
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| I thought these window treatments were cleaver. |
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| This was outside a local market. You can get an oven roasted chicken and sides on the spot. All my best, Jill |
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