Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:23 AM 1/7/2009, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >Dresden is not far away by train and seems very worthwhile, based on >my evening spent there earlier this week. It was bitterly cold and I >was tired, so I just took a walk of a couple of hours, warming up with >Gl?hwein here and there, but what I saw was very impressive. I can >imagine it must be absolutely lovely during the summer. And like much >of the former DDR, it was really cheap. My hotel was cheaper than the >same chain costs here in Alicante, and my dinner (admittedly in the >Karstadt cafeteria, but still pretty good) was 11 Euro. You failed to visit the Ernemann Tower? Talk about a Leica loyalist! The State technical museum is on the upper floors and includes a hell of a display of Zeiss Ikon and Praktica gear, and even some Werra stuff, although this has nothing at all to do with Dresden. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!