Playlist
The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
Yes - Fragile
Sigur Rós - Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do (Music for Split Sides) [EP]
Rheostatics - Night of the Shooting Stars
Peter Gabriel - Burn You Up, Burn You Down (Single)
The Psychedelic Furs - All Of This And Nothing
John Gorka - Old Futures Gone
The Cure - Japanese Whispers
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point [Single]
New Order - Waiting For The Sirens' Call
Alice Peacock - Alice Peacock
Pet Shop Boys - Yes
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Best Years Of Our Lives
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
Icehouse - Great Southern Land
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Ian Van Dahl - Ace
Various Artists - Electric 80's
John Lennon - Lennon
Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
Radiohead - The Bends
Various Artists - Pure... Electronic 80s
Yes - The Yes Album
David Reilly - Rubinmusik 1977-2017 (Remixed Remastered)
The Tubes - The Best Of The Tubes
Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World: The Very Best Of ELO
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Public Image Limited - Public Image
Lucy Kaplansky - Over the Hills
Roger Waters - The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid) (Single)
Martin Gore - Counterfeit 2
The Heavenly Music Corporation - Windfall Star
Dave Edmunds - Subtle As A Flying Mallet
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
Up early as usual and recordings of the neighbourhood made for use at some point...
Out, saying goodbye to said neighbourhood...
...and to secure some breakfast provisions...
..at the local Aldi...
Home for said breakfast...
A tidy up...
...and onto the road for a reasonably (OK entirely) uneventful drive through the countryside to our next "home" on the outskirts of Dresden...
We had arrived a little too early so, having established the location, we drove into Dresden centre and found a suitable place to park the car - which would be our modus for the next few days - eschewing public transport and, for me, daytime partaking of the Bier...
What a beautiful city this is...
The centre is crammed with breathtaking architecture - the majority of it, of course, having been completely recreated post WWII and the city's almost utter destruction in the fire bombing of 1945...
There is the odd piece of newer stuff too of course...
...but, mainly, this...
Lunchtime and a nice wee sandwich place stumbled upon behind the rebuilt Frauenkirche...
...as touristy opportunities which would not be taken, trundled past...
More walking about in the hot sun ensued...
To the river...
This is a monument to the artist Caspar David Friedrich (CDF) ...
The quote is:-
"The painter should not only know what he sees in front of him, but also what he sees in himself. If he does not see anything in himself, then he fails to paint what he sees in front of him"
Back to the centre...
...where further building work is a-happening...
I do like a track heading int the distance...
An arty courtyard gave some respite from the baking sun...
...before we continued...
As we headed back to the car, we stopped in at the Zwinger...
Back to base - the view from the window in this quiet suburb...
In the evening, we stayed out in the sticks and enjoyed an excellent evening meal...
...and a wee treat...
an egg was involved...
Tasty in the extreme...
End of a good day...
Highlight of the Day : The wonder of Dresden...
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