Afternoon in Dresden.

On Friday morning, we all woke up far too early and began the nearly 200 kilometer trek to Dresden, a beautiful beautiful city in Saxony.

This was our first day of nearly unbearable heat, and our day began with one of the Texas kids passing out in the middle of the square, from what was likely dehydration or heatstroke (in my mind, lots of drinking plus little sleep plus lots of heat usually equals passing out). After that all passed, we picked up our tour guide, who took us on a guided tour of the city by bus, during which we saw lots of fancy and ornate buildings and gorgeous gorgeous homes, as well as a few castles.

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The tour ended after an hour or two and we were turned loose, so Elia and I went out to lunch and afterward, she opted to do some writing so I wandered and took in the architecture and street life.

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Finally, our group met up and we boarded the bus again, this time on another nearly 200 kilometer journey to the Czech Republic, although little did we know what awaited us there...