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This year we decided to visit our own country Germany. I have never been in Dresden so this goal should be one of the first. But before we visited Eisenach with the Wartburg, where Martin Luther translated the bible into the German language.

Our next stop was Erfurt, the Capital of Thüringen. But before we took a trip to Weimar, where we want to visit the Anna Amalia Library, which was destroyed by fire 10 years before. But you must stay early in the morning to get one of the limited tickets. So we visit the Goethe House and other buildings.

The 3rd day we did sightseeing in Erfurt. There are many old buildings, an impressive cathedral and a very old synagogue which was detected some years ago.

The 4th day we left Thüringen and entered Sachsen and the capital Dresden. Dresden was and is one of the cultural center of Europe. There is the Semper Opera, the Zwinger, the Frauenkirche (which were reconstructed some years ago) and many other buildings and museums. And you have the Elbe River where you can walk.

Near Dresden is Meißen with an old cathedral and the Europe's first porcelain manufactory. Leipzig, our next station, is about 100km westwards. You find the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig, many old villas and the St. Nicolas Church, where the prayers for peace started 25 years ago which ended in the reunion of Germany.

Last stop of our trip was Quedlinburg, where we lived in a 400-year old half-timbered house with a crooked floor. There were many such houses in Quedlinburg.