After leaving Nürnburg, my next, and last stop before returning to Berlin, was Dresden. This phrase may be over used, but it applies so perfectly here that I must insert it: I saved the best for last. Dresden was gorgeous! The entire city, of course only from what I saw, was so photogenic. I wish I could stay here longer, but I guess leaving now will make me thirst for more in the future. Like pretty much every German city, there is a new town and an old town. The old town is where the big beautiful buildings are that people visit throughout the day. But I stayed in Newtown, and what a good stay it was. Dresden has one of the best young scenes that I have come across. Every night, the entire Newtown is filled with people, most of whom are roughly my age, walking through the streets, sitting and talking and having a great time. Dresden, more than anywhere else I have been, reminds me of Olympia, in a good way of course. There are so many small unique restaurants and stores, as well as murals and street art, that I found myself stopping in my tracts over and over again just so I could appreciate what I had seen. Just north of this area is a large grass park too that, thankfully when I went, was a great hangout spot for tons of people into the night.

I only spent two nights here, like in Núrnburg, but one of the days, me and two other hostelers  took the city by storm and tried to see as much of it as we could in one day. We walked far and covered most of the ground we set out to accomplish. By the end of it a huge rainstorm came blowing through and forced us to retreat onto a tram and head back to the hostel. By the way, Dresden has tons of trams. No u-bahns to my knowledge, but my goodness their tram game is strong.

It is hard to leave this place, especially since the sun is shining so brightly and it is a glorious day. But I must return to Berlin. Tomorrow we present our projects that we have been working on throughout our stay, and so I will get to see my classmates again after almost three weeks of being on my own. So long Dresden, you were wonderful. And thus my wanderbondage has come to an end. Now it’s time for business.