Author Archives: boogkb

29 May On the R 1 to Potsdam. Route too hard to make it in one day. R1 mostle bad dirt here so after 15 km found a road. Then back on improved R1 roads. Ride turned out to be … Continue reading →

28 May Home of the Reformation and city of many pilgramages. QB thanks all for their comments, added support staff, animate and gnome variety as well as the good wishes. She gives extra points to Moshe for accuracy of observation. … Continue reading →

27 May Moat had three bears. Hard day today. QB fell, scrapes and subsequent tiredness. Many km of difficult cobbles and unpaved roads. Cobbles forced us to walk quite a bit. Averaged under 8 km per hour for the day. … Continue reading →

Jeff, Thanks for the Dresden art gallery tip–don't know about me and 2nd life though–first one is more than I can handle at the moment, although it might be a litle diversion. Jeff/Sharon: as for the lace for Bob; do … Continue reading →

26 May Comment for Dee. Dresden gallery has their full old master collection available on second life. Might be worth a low cost visit. Second life is quite interesting for those who have not as yet tried it. The Elbe … Continue reading →

25 May Sunday to tackle the 6 to 100, or so it seems, museums in the Zwinger, Augustus' place. Augustus wanted a simple showplace for his Meissen porcelain collection, but the architect went overboard. The old master room was almost … Continue reading →

24 May Wandering around Dresden today. Apart from city and shops, the many old churches, the reconstructed city after the fire bombing, worth seeing Wikipedia. New city is really the old unbombed city. Famous walking street lined with trees, statue … Continue reading →

23. May Train ride to Dresden. We leave on time and load our bikes. The usual poor design forcing all to lift and manouver in tugt spaces with racks designed for road bikes while every bike is a city touring … Continue reading →

Jeff, Recognized your Secession building immediately, from old art history days-Josef Olbrich. Gave me a start to see it. So, has the final judgement on the Sacher Torte been delivered (known as the Judgement of Vienna)? I actually am rather … Continue reading →

22 May Albertina museum. The best and possibly the biggest impressionist collection I have seen. I like much better that even MOMA. Over 500 great works from the newly released Batlinger collection. Needs to stay intact by their gift rules. … Continue reading →