Dresden

After Prague, I headed for Berlin. However, I stopped for a few hours in Dresden.

The city centre of Dresden was completely destroyed during World War II and so most of the city is very modern. However, there are a few older buildings. Most of them did undergo major restoration. There is the Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony (Katholische Hofkirche), also called the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Kathedrale Sanctissimae Trinitatis).

The Semperoper houses the Saxon State Opera and the Saxon State Orchestra. The opera house was first destroyed in a fire in the late 1800s before being rebuilt. It then suffered extensive damage during World War II. The reconstructed opera house was built with identical architecture to the original.

While wondering around Dresden, I came upon Ontario, the Canadian Steakhouse. It's important to note that the first item on the menu is currywurst, a German dish.

That evening I took a train to Berlin.