tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post3026592060591438819..comments2023-06-04T14:33:54.463+02:00Comments on EXPATS AGAIN: DRESDENExpats Againhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179740220723589771noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-21240800709922678892010-06-29T21:41:35.691+02:002010-06-29T21:41:35.691+02:00I love your pictures and I loved the city too. Th...I love your pictures and I loved the city too. The story behind it is truly amazing. My daughter and I were there with friends for the Christmas Market back in Dec. 2007...it was COLD!! I'm like you...I also read Slaughterhouse FIve back in highschool but like most things connected with the world wars there wasn't a lot of context. Living in Europe changed that for sure.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727615822243830106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-74197384279217422182010-06-29T00:59:03.836+02:002010-06-29T00:59:03.836+02:00Hi Snooker,
We did go to Meissen (an earlier post)...Hi Snooker,<br />We did go to Meissen (an earlier post) on the same trip to Dresden. I was gobsmacked! I don't think my husband or I earn enough between us to keep me in Meissen porcelain, but I will acquire a piece or two~~oh~~the choices, the choices...Expats Againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179740220723589771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-18172835337437143172010-06-28T11:18:33.871+02:002010-06-28T11:18:33.871+02:00OH MY!
I almost forgot. Next time you are in the D...OH MY!<br />I almost forgot. Next time you are in the Dresden area, don't forget to take a twist through Meißen! What a wonderful throwback to an earlier age! Oh... and enough hand-crafted porcelain to keep you busy for YEARS!Snookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684505561658711584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-86942615052325715572010-06-26T17:20:17.322+02:002010-06-26T17:20:17.322+02:00Snooker, I wanted to comment about the GDR's r...Snooker, I wanted to comment about the GDR's refusal to rebuild, but I didn't. My understanding is that they left the ruins as a propaganda tool to show the destruction caused by the U.S. and Great Britain. <br /><br />C, thanks so much for the book recommendations. I'm in the U.S. for a visit and I'll check them out. I would love to learn more about what happened.<br /><br />Christen, you were very fortunate to live in Brussels. It is a lovely city--and oh...the chocolate!Expats Againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179740220723589771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-38949082166959258202010-06-26T17:04:04.219+02:002010-06-26T17:04:04.219+02:00Oh, this is truly beautiful. I grew up in Brussel...Oh, this is truly beautiful. I grew up in Brussels and these pictures are really making me miss home! Enjoy every minute of it :)Christenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889907122294021963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-31046042992915684742010-06-25T20:03:49.315+02:002010-06-25T20:03:49.315+02:00If you want more info on the bombing, check out WG...If you want more info on the bombing, check out WG Sebald's book On the Natural History of Destruction. His info on Hamburg's firebombing can also be applied to Dresden (they were bombed quite similarly) and was used by Jonathan Safran Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.Millyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129628721814415337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-11038642499094319042010-06-25T17:02:31.992+02:002010-06-25T17:02:31.992+02:00What a wonderful city! I was last there in 2001 an...What a wonderful city! I was last there in 2001 and the Frauenkirche was one huge mass of scaffolding. The tour guides were telling stories of how much money it was taking to rebuild and how the main dome is so special and weighs more than any other, blah blah blah. <br />But what struck me was the simple realization that the reason the city seems to just now be getting the reconstruction it desperately needed was because of its GDR status after the war. Reconstruction of the classical buildings simply weren't a priority. Sad, eh?Snookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684505561658711584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-13521982424805881082010-06-25T16:20:31.299+02:002010-06-25T16:20:31.299+02:00You are so right, Headbang. They are restoring th...You are so right, Headbang. They are restoring the city as accurately as they can to how it was before the war. Slowing, but surely, it is like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. I am reading Slaughterhouse-Five again. It's time.Expats Againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179740220723589771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246321663580599313.post-65101479640475807432010-06-25T08:07:44.519+02:002010-06-25T08:07:44.519+02:00I had the same reaction when I read Slaughterhouse...I had the same reaction when I read <i>Slaughterhouse Five</i>. I imagined a city razed to the ground, which would be been rebuilt in cheap, bland fiftes style. Think Munich Hauptbahnhof, or the entire city of Düsseldorf. <br /><br />Having lived in Tokyo, one can see the same thing. There is a whole class of hasty buildings, built after the war, which authorities are gradually replacing. Even today, the city is still replacing the grim, dull and not very earthquake-resistant building stock that it threw up in a hurry. <br /><br />It amazes me that Germans are still rebuilding. But it doesn't surprise me at all that they are taking the time to do it right. <br /><br />It shocked me to see the Frauenkirche on TV--it's the scene of many concerts--and to learn that it had been rebuilt only as late as 2005. An amazing building. <br /><br />Dresden is definitely on our must-see list.headbang8http://deutschlanduberelvis.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com