Ulrich van Stipriaan is a journalist who loves the beautiful things of life: traveling, eating, drinking (mostly wine). He has the good fortune to live in Dresden, visited by more than four million tourists annually. Ulrich came to Dresden just after the fall of the Wall and thus sees the city and its inhabitants with love and a certain distance. Ulrich has written food critiques for the German special interest magazine Der Feinschmecker and regional newspapers. He also writes wine columns. Ulrich loves exploring on long walks because you haven't really been somewhere unless you've been there on foot. Ulrich publishes his travel reports as well as food critics and wine adventures in his blog (in German).
Dresden Christmas markets take center stage during the Christmas season in Germany. Since Dresden is often called the capital of Christmas, the surrounding region is surely a Christmas Wonderland. No other place in Saxony is better known for its Christmas rituals than the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). Starting on the first Sunday of Advent (the weeks before Christmas), some 500 Christmas events...
Eastern Germany – the part of Germany that was formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) – covers an area of 108,333 km² (41,828 sq mi). The territory includes the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Between the Baltic See (with the islands of Rügen, Usedom, Hiddensee and the peninsula Fischland-Zingst) in the north and the mountains (e.g. Harz, Thuringian Forest, Rhön, Ore Mountains,...
No, this isn’t Disneyland. It’s the Old Town of Dresden that takes you back in time – straight from the beginning of the 21st century back to the time of a man who has entered the history as “August the Strong”. Actually, he was called Friedrich August I, and since 1694 he had been Elector of Saxony and (since 1697)...
Morning A walk through the historic centre – the baroque Dresden. We are starting at the Zwinger, the must-see masterpiece of the baroque era, but we will stay outside (unless it rains: then a visit of the Old Masters Picture Gallery (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister) is the best choice. Standing on the Theatre Square the camera will run hot taking pictures of the Semper...
The kindness of the people…
The own feet. Because you slow down and you will have lots of opportunities to talk with the locals.
Alone. With a friend. No groups. It is easier to spontaneously decide differently than planned.
Return 😉