We started our first full day in Dresden with the most amazing breakfast spread I've had in Germany thus far (and I do feel that deserves mention). After loading up on that, we all headed to what turned out to be a rather unorthodox tour that was roughly centered around Kurt Vonnegut's novel "Slaughterhouse Five". Our guide was a really interesting guy. He used to be a school teacher but had recently been doing some independent work; I believe these tours are one of those things.
He was extremely knowledgable about Kurt Vonnegut, wartime in Germany/Dresden, and the content of the book itself. What he said left a rather strong and interesting impression on me, and definitely forced me to consider various aspects of my life, county, and the historical/political context of it all. One can tell almost immediately that our guide was someone who spends a lot of time thinking about things that don't even occur to most people. I admired him for that.
Later we went on to a museum that concerned the history of the military, not only in Germany but all around Europe as well. The building was designed again by Mr. Liebeskind, who I now realize has been very busy what with also designing the Nuremberg document center and the Jewish history museum in Berlin. He makes excellent buildings that are both easy to navigate and significant in metaphorical meaning. The military museum was amazing; we got another great tour there and got to see and learn about a lot of interesting things. It was definitely a place I could've stayed at for several more hours.
After all that we had a delicious group meal in a sit-down restaurant by the river before retiring to our hostel to prepare for the last leg of our journey: Berlin.
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