One Museum Card successfully (and cleverly) acquitted. Off I went this morning but first my only complaint about Dresden. Crap Coffee. No Einstein in this city and not a decent cup to be found which shits me. Also as an aside have I told you how great the weather has been. Well into double figures from 14 deg up to 16 deg…after 1 deg in Berlin this has been heaven…no totally dorky hat for a few days in order to restore my dignity briefly. But today it started to squirt rain upon my head so the hat went back on. I looked at myself in a mirror and truly you either laugh or you cry. Fortunately I don’t know anyone here but maybe the hat has something to do with the fact that people weren’t talking to me. In fact now that I think about it the hat came off in Dresden and people have suddenly been so friendly…THATS IT!!!!!
Anyway back to business… Museums…quickly, got to acquit them today because that’s it for the card. Have I also said I hate these cards, they don’t suit my style at all. Anyway this morning, after crap coffee, I went to The Albertinum Museum of New Masters. And it was great, some great stuff and the German artists expand my knowledge of art. I focus on the Germans to try and learn something. So I absorbed Otto Dix, Gerhard Richter, Max Liebermann etc with a cheeky look at Chagall, Degas, Monet, Manet etc.
That took ages and by the time I finished I needed a break so I got some lunch and recharged then I went off to an Exhibition nearby of Flemish Landscape painting including the wonderful Breughal Paintings of Paradise on Earth. I actually really love those Flemish artists with their fine detail and beautiful colours and cheeky birds, flowers etc. It was fun.
After that I spent some time walking along the Elbe which was nice. Then I went into the Katholische Hofkirsche…the Catholic Cathedral built to uphold the Catholics end in answer to the Protestant Frauenkirsche. And wouldn’t you know it, it was also gutted during WWII and has been laboriously rebuilt…this town is something else. The reconstruction of the city after total devastation is beyond my mind’s ability to fathom.
Still raining…but I’d seen a wine shop I wanted to go to to get my last bottle. The man there conned me into buying a $25 bottle on the grounds you had to pay that much to get a decent bottle of German red wine. Not my experience in Berlin but Oh Well!!
Home I trudged in the rain and had a leftover dinner. That’s it for another day. 3 Sleeps left in Germany counting tonight. Another mueum tomorrow before they close for Monday so last chance and this one isn’t covered by that bloody card so it’s OK!!
Good night darlings. I’m starting to really looking forward to getting home now.