Day 13 October 20th Prague to Berlin



entrance hall to Prague station

Another early morning start as 

Nicholas Winton sculpture

we had to have packed, breakfasted, checked out and assembled as a group in the hotel by 0745.  We left our luggage in the hotel reception and went by coach to the railway station.  The entrance hall was impressive and once on the platform we found the sculpture of Sir Nicholas Winton 

station on our way

who helped rescue many Jewish children from the holocaust and arrange for their travel to Britain. We left on the 0832 train to Dresden for the comfortable

River Elbe

 two-hour journey, part of the journey was alongside the River Elbe which was picturesque and we also went through several 

River Elbe

stations.



Dresden from the coach





punting down the river 



 

 

We transferred to a coach in 

under a bridge

Dresden and had over an hour ride to Burg-Spreewald in the middle of the forest.  We had a peaceful punt along the river which was quite a contrast to the busy cities we had visited.  It was also a contrast to the last time we went punting when I fell in the River Cam in Cambridge!  

sheep along the river

We eventually arrived back at the jetty having seen a red squirrel drinking and a small herd of sheep grazing on the bank.   We had time to buy an ice cream each before reboarding the coach to continue the journey to Berlin.

We arrive about 1700, checked in, found our luggage which had come from Prague separately and settled into our very comfortable room.  We decided to go for walk along a nearby canal before getting something to eat in the hotel bar.  We telephoned our friends daughter, Michelle-Hannah, who lives and works in Berlin and arranged to meet up tomorrow afternoon.  We had settled in and had an early night as we had another early start tomorrow