It was a nice day but not a lot to report. The weather has picked up markedly and I no longer even take the hat and gloves with me. Its a balmy, autumnal 14 deg. The wind blows and the autumn leaves swirl around…it’s lovely. So this morning I set off and went back to that ‘cool’ area, Neustadt. I trammed over the river and just wandered around the area poking my nose into lovely little shops but not buying!! I went back to those courtyards that are decorated by artists and soaked it all in some more. I had coffee and I had lunch and basically just cruised with no main goal. I got back on the tram and then got off it before it crossed the river. I’d picked the tram because of the bridge it used to cross the river because when I was at the gallery of Old (or was it New??) Masters I was struck by a painting of Dresden painted by Canolletto (an old friend from the Sloan Collection at Lincoln’s Inn Field). I had worked out where he had painted it from and I got off to try and capture it with my camera…you can imagine that that wasn’t so successful but I gave it a go!!
I came back to the old town and wandered around the setting up of the Christmas Markets. Some are starting to open so I got a Gluhwein and some donut thingos, then I wandered off home and started to do a bit of packing. But no food in the place at all so out I went again to my lovely ‘Keller’ and had a meal of chicken with a horseradish crust. It was delicious and I was able to polish off the chicken but the masses of wedges defeated me totally.
Well that’s it. Have to get myself out to the airport in the morning. I’ve worked out the subway station and I can walk there without too much trouble so I should be OK.
Allah willing my next update will be from Bologna.