Arriving in Dresden's Neustadt Station on Sunday 23rd January 2011, Dave & Kate made their way along the to the hotel on the outskirts of the Neustadt area.
They were soon back in the world of takeaway Subway's for tea each night (they did try some chilli con carne from this place called Cafe Europa as it was only €4.40 but were reminded of why they don't bother going to these places usually - annoying music and table service).
Luckily they found a cool cafe for coffee, called Dreißig, early on which would become their resting place each day for an hour or two.
They had no idea what the hell they were doing here but it didn't feel wrong. On their first full day they walked down Königsbrücker Straße onto Hauptstraße and crossed the River Elbe on Augustusbrücke and into the Altstadt. It was Monday midday and the place was deserted but they liked this - being in the tourist part of Dresden without the tourists.
On their way back to the hotel that night they walked a slightly different way and accidently found themselves in the musical area of the Neustadt, passing by 3 musical instrument stores. In the window of one they were taken by a Zoom Handy Digital Recorder. They hadn't seen one of these before but it immediately struck a chord inside.
The following day they took a different route into the Altstadt crossing the River Elbe over Albertbrücke this time. They carried on walking alongside a big park, Volkspark Großer Garten, and after a while Dave pulled out the map to check how to get to the Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) where there was an internet terminal. The only road they could take to the station was Wiener Straße, where they were immediately greeted by a wee guy with some flowers...
