(Let’s get the Psalms tattooed on our hearts, minds and souls)
This is where I found this beautiful picture, with thanks - too good not to share!
Saturday 29 October 2011
Friday 28 October 2011
Samuel Rutherford's Grave
In October 2009 Gordon and I had a short break in Scotland and for the first time in our lives travelled up the East Coast. At one small village, we ate take-away-crab out of the shell. Our special take-away was enjoyed with a view after clambering up a short vertical ladder to the top of the harbour wall. No, it was not high-tide and yes it was the perfect setting for fresh crab. Then....after a short drive further North to St Andrews.....the unexpected grave!
We had not idea the Puritan lived here or was buried here with the result when we read the familiar name on the stone, we were totally stopped us in our tracks.
I’d like to go after 3 of the attributes on Rutherford's grave-stone:
We had not idea the Puritan lived here or was buried here with the result when we read the familiar name on the stone, we were totally stopped us in our tracks.
MThe setting: next to the North Sea.
S . R
Here lyes the Reverend Mr. Samuell
Rutherfoord Professor of Divinity in
The University of St Andrews who died
March the 20 1661.
What tongu what Pen or Skill of Men
Can famous Rutherfoord commend
His Learning justly rasid his fame
True GODliness Adornd His Name
He did converse with things ABOVE
Acquainted with Emmanuels Love
Most orthodox He was And sound
And Many Errots Did confound
For Zions King and Zions cause
And Scotlands covenanted Laws
Most constantly he Did contend
Until His Time was At An End
Than He wan To the Full Fruition
Of That which He Had seen in vision.
I’d like to go after 3 of the attributes on Rutherford's grave-stone:
- true godliness,
- knowing Emmanuel’s love
- and growing in knowledge/discernment and courage/love to contend for the faith with my brothers and sisters.
Monday 24 October 2011
God is always goodness
"Can God be any less good to me on the average Tuesday morning than he was on that monumental Friday afternoon when he hung on a cross in my place?
The answer is a resounding NO.
God will not be less good to me tomorrow either, because God cannot be less good to me. His goodness is not the effect of his disposition but the essence of his person -- not an attitude but an attribute."
Paige Benton Brown
What to do with anxiety
Does anxiety have a debilitating grip on your life? Proverbs 12:25 Of course it’s not as if there’s no lack of resource on worry. The real worry is to get down to implementing that which is already known. Therefore, I have no embarrassment to post basic notes on counteracting stress. and kicking off with:
For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. ~Author UnknownSo, here goes………….for implementation, starting with me.
1) Talk to yourself.
Take yourself by the scruff of your neck, sit yourself down and preach to yourself: “Soul, stop all this excessive worry!”
2) Instead of being preoccupied with problems over which you have no control, identify needs, relationships etc. and serve in love.
- Matthew 6:33;
- Do not set your heart on what you are to eat and drink; stop worrying. Let all the nations of the world run after these things; your Father knows that you need them. (Luke 12:29-30)
- You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time. ~Pat Schroeder
- Matthew 6:34
- Jesus is not saying, don’t plan for tomorrow. What He is saying is don’t bring tomorrow’s problems and impose them on today’s responsibilities.
- Handle today’s problems, today. Don’t compound them by obsessing about something that hasn’t even arrived.
- Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.- Corrie Ten Boom
- Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ~Author Unknown
Here is one of loads of promises: Isaiah 43:1-3;
4) Pray
Philippians 4:4-9; Psalms 50:15
No one can pray and worry at the same time.- Max Lucado
5) Remind yourself of God’s steadfast love and mercies.
Our Heavenly Father provides enough mercy for today’s problems. New mercies for tomorrow’s problems.
Lamentations 3:22-24
6) Relinquish! Yield control to God – trust Him!
1 Peter 5:7
Psalm 56:3
The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, the giving of God’s only Son to pay for our sins and make us right with Him, proves and seals His love and commitment to provide, guide, protect, bring each one of His children home. Our God is with us through thick and thin. So many reasons to ban worry. The ball is in our court.
If you wish, check out "Calling all worry pots" - yesterday's post on why you should not worry.
Sunday 23 October 2011
Calling all Christian Worry Pots
Are you a Christian worry-pot? Do you have to go back in the house three times to make sure you turned off the coffee machine and the iron (even though you haven’t ironed anything in ages)? Matthew 6:25-34.
6 Reasons not to worry, not to give in to excessive anxiety:1) Worry is unreasonable (Matthew 6:25)
a) “Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?”
b) Can God not be trusted with what you eat, drink and wear?
c) When you worry, you experience the problem multiple times: in your mind and possibly in reality. It is illogical.
2) Worry is unproductive. (Matthew 6:27)
It doesn’t accomplish a thing.
It shortens and saddens life.
Worry gives you wrinkles and grey hair and a lot of other unwanted things.
3) Worry is unbelief. (Matthew 6:28)
When we worry we stop believing in the goodness and power of God. When we allow certain issues to dominate our lives we are in effect saying: “God , I’m not entirely convinced you can look after me. I fail to believe confidently that God is working out His purposes in every dimension of my life. If God has given me His Son, will He not provide my necessities?
4) Worry is denying God is my Heavenly Father taking care of me.
My excessive concern for the things I cannot control is to act like a spiritual orphan. I do have a Heavenly Father.
5) Worry is unnecessary (Matthew 6:32)
Your Heavenly Father knows what you need. Worry tells others that you are not sure God is aware of all your needs.
6) Worry is misplaced Resources. Matthew 6:33
Consider the mental energy, thoughts, money and time you spend on your anxiety. In the grip of excessive worry, you cannot get on with a life that is in God’s will.
For the next post on this topic, click on What to do with Anxiety.
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Little Pest of a tick!
About 10 days ago, I’ve been bitten by a Lyme-carrying tick on one of the many beautiful, beautiful Scottish Highland walks. The symptoms of Lyme Disease’s early stages are not words on paper but part of my life at this point: not very nice!
The hope is that you would never need any of this information, but as it is not impossible that you may, it could be a good idea to have a quick read and file away the practical tips and heighten your awareness. My awareness of ticks was nil – not anymore!
1) Some facts and figures:
2) Symptoms
3) Preventing Lyme disease
4) What not to do:
5) What to do when you find a tick
6) About getting infected
7) Where in the world do these ticks that carry Lyme Disease lurk?
8) Treatment by your Doctor.
9) Diagnosing Lyme disease
1) Some facts and figures:
• There are many kinds of ticks in different parts of the world.
• Not every tick carries Lyme Disease. Not every bite will transmit the disease, even if the tick is infected and not removed.
• In any given tick population, it’s thought that about 15 to 20 per cent carry Lyme disease. Only a small percentage of tick bites will lead to the condition.
• If no treatment is received, more than 60 per cent of those with Lyme disease will go on to stage 2 of the condition within six months.
Ticks are very small and their bites are not painful, so you may not realise that you have one attached to your skin. However, there is a higher risk that you will become infected if the tick remains attached to your skin for more than 36 hours.
2) Symptoms of early stage Lyme disease
The symptoms of Lyme disease usually fall into three distinct stages – early, mid and late. You should only experience symptoms of mid- and late-stage Lyme disease if you are not treated with antibiotics during the initial stage of the condition.
Early stage Lyme disease - SYMPTOMS
• The rash develops at the site of the tick bite and is often described as looking like a bull’s-eye on a dart board. The affected area of skin will be red and feel slightly raised to the touch. The characteristic pink or red "bull’s-eye" rash of Lyme disease can provide an important clue, and around 90% of people
• In up to a third of people with Lyme disease, the rash may be the only symptom.
• Other symptoms of early stage Lyme disease are flu-like and can include:
• Symptoms similar to meningitis.
• tiredness (fatigue)
• muscle pain
• joint pain
• headache
• fever or chills
• neck stiffness
Mid-stage Lyme disease: The symptoms of mid-stage Lyme disease usually develop many weeks, or sometimes several months, after being bitten by an infected tick. However, they usually only affect people who were not treated with antibiotics at an early stage of the disease.
In around 15% of untreated cases of Lyme disease, people will get neurological symptoms (those that affect the nervous system). Some people may also develop meningitis,
Late-stage Lyme disease: In a minority of untreated cases, the symptoms of late-stage Lyme disease can develop after many months, or even years. As with mid-stage Lyme disease, the symptoms can affect both the joints and the nervous system. Much more info to find on reliable internet pages.
3) Preventing Lyme disease
There is currently no vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. In 2002, a vaccine was introduced in America but it was later withdrawn due to concerns over side effects.
Never use a lit cigarette end, a match head or essential oils to force the tick out. Don't use your fingers, or apply heat, petroleum jelly or any other creams or chemicals. Do not try to remove the tick with your fingers or attempt to remove with lighted cigarettes, matches, nail polish, or Vaseline.
5) What to do when you find a tick
Once infected, the bacteria moves slowly through your skin and into your blood and lymphatic system. The lymphatic system helps fight infection and is made up of a series of vessels (channels) and glands (lymph nodes). The bacteria are carried in the tick's gut, and can take some time to move into its mouthparts and then into your body. The risk of infection increases the longer the tick is left in position. Normally, the risk is minimal if the tick is removed or falls off within 24 hours. However, it’s possible to be infected at any time after a bite. A partially fed tick, for example, can pass on the infection relatively quickly. A wide range of symptoms have been recorded including.
7) Where in the world do these ticks that carry Lyme Disease lurk?
It's not just visitors to rural North America who might be exposed to these tick-borne infections. Infected ticks can be found across the UK, and anyone who enjoys exploring our woodlands and uplands may also be at risk. Cases have occurred in urban parks and gardens too. The common factor is the presence of deep vegetation and a supply of mammals and birds for ticks to feed on. Avoid being bitten.
8) Treatment by your Doctor.
• Once Lyme disease has been diagnosed, treatment is with antibiotics which need to be at high dose and may need to be given as a prolonged course , sometimes even intravenously for maximum effect.
• Some complications of Lyme disease need specific treatments – for example if a person develops a slow heart rhythm, they may need a pacemaker
In most cases symptoms settle (even if treatment isn’t given, symptoms may eventually get better) but Lyme disease can cause more serious long term problems. Given the small amount of research in this area, medical opinion is divided as to the cause and best treatment for long term symptoms.
9) Diagnosing Lyme disease
Lyme disease can be a difficult condition to diagnose, particularly in its latter stages. This is because its symptoms are also shared by other, more common conditions such as infections and arthritis. Blood tests are important and useful in acute infection but don’t always confirm the diagnosis. The tests need to be carried out at least a few weeks after you were bitten by the tick because it can take this long for the infection to develop. You may need to be re-tested if Lyme disease is still suspected after a negative test result.
The hope is that you would never need any of this information, but as it is not impossible that you may, it could be a good idea to have a quick read and file away the practical tips and heighten your awareness. My awareness of ticks was nil – not anymore!
1) Some facts and figures:
2) Symptoms
3) Preventing Lyme disease
4) What not to do:
5) What to do when you find a tick
6) About getting infected
7) Where in the world do these ticks that carry Lyme Disease lurk?
8) Treatment by your Doctor.
9) Diagnosing Lyme disease
1) Some facts and figures:
• There are many kinds of ticks in different parts of the world.
• Not every tick carries Lyme Disease. Not every bite will transmit the disease, even if the tick is infected and not removed.
• In any given tick population, it’s thought that about 15 to 20 per cent carry Lyme disease. Only a small percentage of tick bites will lead to the condition.
• If no treatment is received, more than 60 per cent of those with Lyme disease will go on to stage 2 of the condition within six months.
Ticks are very small and their bites are not painful, so you may not realise that you have one attached to your skin. However, there is a higher risk that you will become infected if the tick remains attached to your skin for more than 36 hours.
2) Symptoms of early stage Lyme disease
The symptoms of Lyme disease usually fall into three distinct stages – early, mid and late. You should only experience symptoms of mid- and late-stage Lyme disease if you are not treated with antibiotics during the initial stage of the condition.
Early stage Lyme disease - SYMPTOMS
• The rash develops at the site of the tick bite and is often described as looking like a bull’s-eye on a dart board. The affected area of skin will be red and feel slightly raised to the touch. The characteristic pink or red "bull’s-eye" rash of Lyme disease can provide an important clue, and around 90% of people
• In up to a third of people with Lyme disease, the rash may be the only symptom.
• Other symptoms of early stage Lyme disease are flu-like and can include:
• Symptoms similar to meningitis.
• tiredness (fatigue)
• muscle pain
• joint pain
• headache
• fever or chills
• neck stiffness
Mid-stage Lyme disease: The symptoms of mid-stage Lyme disease usually develop many weeks, or sometimes several months, after being bitten by an infected tick. However, they usually only affect people who were not treated with antibiotics at an early stage of the disease.
In around 15% of untreated cases of Lyme disease, people will get neurological symptoms (those that affect the nervous system). Some people may also develop meningitis,
Late-stage Lyme disease: In a minority of untreated cases, the symptoms of late-stage Lyme disease can develop after many months, or even years. As with mid-stage Lyme disease, the symptoms can affect both the joints and the nervous system. Much more info to find on reliable internet pages.
3) Preventing Lyme disease
There is currently no vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. In 2002, a vaccine was introduced in America but it was later withdrawn due to concerns over side effects.
- • The best way of preventing Lyme disease is to avoid being bitten when you are in wooded or heath areas known to have a high tick population.
- The following precautions might help to prevent Lyme disease:
- • Wear a long-sleeved shirt.
- • Tuck your trousers into your socks.
- • Use insect repellent.
- • Wear light-coloured clothing so ticks are easier to see
- • Try not to sit on the ground in areas of vegetation/ Keep to pathways and, where possible, avoid areas of overgrown vegetation
- • Check yourself for ticks. and your children and pets for ticks- regularly and especially before going to bed. Have a companion inspect your back.
- • Remove any ticks found attached to the skin straight away.
- • Once removed save the tick for identification. Accurate identification becomes very important if you or your animals develop disease symptoms.
Never use a lit cigarette end, a match head or essential oils to force the tick out. Don't use your fingers, or apply heat, petroleum jelly or any other creams or chemicals. Do not try to remove the tick with your fingers or attempt to remove with lighted cigarettes, matches, nail polish, or Vaseline.
5) What to do when you find a tick
- • If you do find a tick on your or your child's skin, remove it by gently gripping it as close to the skin as possible, preferably using fine-toothed tweezers, and pull steadily away from the skin.
- • Apply antiseptic cream after removal. Be careful not to squeeze the tick when removing it which could result in more bacteria being injected.
- • If you think you may have been bitten, tell your doctor, and mention where you've been walking, especially if you know that there are ticks in that area.
- • Seek prompt medical attention if any of these symptoms appear, especially after being bitten by a tick or visiting an area where Lyme disease is common.
- • If possible document the presence of the rash by taking a picture because it may disappear before a physician can see it. A picture in this case is worth 10,000 words! (We were advised to use a ballpoint pen and draw around the spread of the rash)
- • Proof of tick bite and the kind of tick doing the biting is especially important to document in areas where Lyme disease is not considered prevalent and doctor suspicion is low.
- • If a rash or 'flu-like illness develops after you have been exposed to ticks, or the site becomes infected, seek medical advice promptly.
Once infected, the bacteria moves slowly through your skin and into your blood and lymphatic system. The lymphatic system helps fight infection and is made up of a series of vessels (channels) and glands (lymph nodes). The bacteria are carried in the tick's gut, and can take some time to move into its mouthparts and then into your body. The risk of infection increases the longer the tick is left in position. Normally, the risk is minimal if the tick is removed or falls off within 24 hours. However, it’s possible to be infected at any time after a bite. A partially fed tick, for example, can pass on the infection relatively quickly. A wide range of symptoms have been recorded including.
7) Where in the world do these ticks that carry Lyme Disease lurk?
It's not just visitors to rural North America who might be exposed to these tick-borne infections. Infected ticks can be found across the UK, and anyone who enjoys exploring our woodlands and uplands may also be at risk. Cases have occurred in urban parks and gardens too. The common factor is the presence of deep vegetation and a supply of mammals and birds for ticks to feed on. Avoid being bitten.
8) Treatment by your Doctor.
• Once Lyme disease has been diagnosed, treatment is with antibiotics which need to be at high dose and may need to be given as a prolonged course , sometimes even intravenously for maximum effect.
• Some complications of Lyme disease need specific treatments – for example if a person develops a slow heart rhythm, they may need a pacemaker
In most cases symptoms settle (even if treatment isn’t given, symptoms may eventually get better) but Lyme disease can cause more serious long term problems. Given the small amount of research in this area, medical opinion is divided as to the cause and best treatment for long term symptoms.
9) Diagnosing Lyme disease
Lyme disease can be a difficult condition to diagnose, particularly in its latter stages. This is because its symptoms are also shared by other, more common conditions such as infections and arthritis. Blood tests are important and useful in acute infection but don’t always confirm the diagnosis. The tests need to be carried out at least a few weeks after you were bitten by the tick because it can take this long for the infection to develop. You may need to be re-tested if Lyme disease is still suspected after a negative test result.
Tuesday 18 October 2011
God is Love
- It is partly diary (Gordon and I read a short chapter from a commentary on 1 John while on the long M1 from Yorkshire to Hertfordshire: the road was busy, but it was a time in which we sat in the car considering God’s love).
- As a reminder (though we spent a good chunk of time and many miles on these points – we need to come back to them time after time)
- As part picture of the love we are after in our marriage (we have some rough spots that need to be corrected at present)
- As a prayer for our parenting evening tomorrow at Spicer Church.
- As pointers of spiritual value to every reader.
- As a prayer of thanksgiving for the reality and enormity of God’s love and for our God Who is love. We would love to make the points in here specific prayer requests for our own marriage, for the two marriages of our children and all known and unknown marriages.
GOD IS LOVE
- The essence of God’s being is love.
- At the heart of the Triune deity is a dynamic inter-relationship of love.
- It’s God’s nature to love. To deny God’s love for us is to deny His very nature and to distort His grace.
- God’s love cannot be earned or deserved.
- 1 John 3:7 Love comes from God. God is the source of love.
- God’s love is seen in the cross of Christ.
- Love’s actions are for the benefit of others.
- “…not that we loved God…” This is no reciprocation by God, meeting us halfway.
- He shows love to those who don’t love Him, who don’t want to love Him. He show His love to His enemies, to rebels. He shows His love to a world of lost sinners.
- If it was not for the love of God, we would have no explanation of mercy or forgiveness; no hope, no future.
- In love, God sent His Son, His one and only Son. To send His only Son is a measure of the enormity of God’s love.
- Jesus was sent into a hostile and rebellious world. Jesus satisfied and turned God’s wrath away. Jesus achieved forgiveness and reconciliation for us.
- We are to try to grasp and get to know more and more the length, height, width, breadth, devotion and scope of God’s love.
- We have been ransomed by God’s love.
- God’s love is stronger than death or hell.
- In Jesus’ death, He dealt with our sins. We received eternal life instead of certain death. Rebels are pardoned and made sons.
- There are multitudes upon multitudes in heaven made right with God through Jesus.
- John 4:11,12 – we love because God has loved us.
- Jesus’ blood flowed for our forgiveness.
- 1 John 4:12: love amongst Christians reveal the love of God. God’s supernatural love for sinners has often been made more credible when unbelievers see that love reflected in the lives of God’s children. John 13:35:
- Love is the hallmark , the family characteristic of God’s children.
- People see Christ’s love in our relationships. Those who aren’t God’s children should encounter Jesus’ love in the love Christians have for one another.
- In the modern equivalent of washing one another’s feet – God’s love take its effect in our lives. Love fervently and love practically.
- Have a self-giving love that flow out of God’s love.
- God’s love is a love that sends us out into the world as it send Jesus into the world.
- If we know that God really loves us, let us allow that love to overflow into our lives and overflow from our lives.
Wednesday 5 October 2011
Family, Travel–England and Germany
I came across this mini- fragment of a diary and post it our Life-website for future memory-blessing and your possible reading a bit of real-life diary.
31 March 2011
Final sorting – clothes dry in time and sorted in small heaps. First into the suitcase, 2 deep pink floral dresses for Josie and Evie each and a Little Red Riding Hood dress each. These have been hanging on hangers on our bedroom door…….. and now the time and joy to give to our granddaughters are almost here!
Bookings of bus trips, flights, train and hostel to Dresden are finalised, printed and slipped into a plastic folder with passports. We pack, weigh and redistribute – so far, so good. A last skype with Isabelle and Michael – we are excitedly counting the sleeps. Gordon works his last days and has so much to do before signing off for a much-needed holiday.
Friday 2 April 2011
It’s 10.00 pm - Gordon sets THREE alarms as we need to be up and about at 1.30 am – yes after midnight! We sleep the 2.5 hours as quickly as we can!
Out of bed with a jolt – we cannot afford to miss the 3.20 am National Express to Stanstead airport. And ……. we have an 30 minute walk with 2 heavy suitcases and our 2 bits of hand luggage to the bus stop at Galleria. Gordon changes that plan quickly and wisely. So, instead, we take our luggage by car to the bus stop – and while Gordon is guarding our belongings, I drove home and walked as briskly as I could, back to the stop. As those who have lived in South Africa most of our lives, we never cease to marvel at the relative safety in the UK. Here I walk in the dead of night – far – by myself, with no apprehensive.
One would imagine that this time of the morning the streets would be deserted and that at last quiet would have descended – no such thing! In the late night hours, there are 2 lanes of cars – why are these people not in their beds!!?? There was even a stretch limousine, clearly carting party goers home. The other strangeness was the full-on bird-choruses. What is up with these birds of real feathers, don’t they snuggle down in their nests for closed-eye either – cheeky!
Back at the stop, I find Gordon busy downloading sermons onto his iPod and having been joined by 2 Irish student girls. They have opted for an almost all-night party and did not think it practical to go to bed before catching the 3.20 am bus. Good chats with them!
The bus is a mere 5 minutes late and after depositing us at Stanstead, we zigzag our way through sleeping bodies who took up more than their share of the seats. It’s very very, very thrilling to board the Germanwings plane at 7.40 am and experience the typical German culture, accents, hospitality and efficiency, straight away.
Soon we ascend and soar over green, green England. As we leave the English south coast behind, the mist sets in quickly and thickly. But not for long before we are able to spot ferries ploughing the English Channel waters and wind farms planted in the channel.
As soon as our no-frills plane fly over Europe and Germany, we see meandering rivers, straight-lined canals and patch-work farm-land. Is that extra colourful patches not perhaps Dutch tulips starting to take on colour? Maybe, maybe not.
Then the unmistakably attractive architecture and sharp incline of the German rooftops. Reason, I think, is to allow snow to slide down. 
At Hannover, we land with a bump and German-like punctually exactly at the promised time. By now we could burst with excitement. 
Gordon and I collect our luggage with literally trembling hands, and wheel our suitcases towards the airport arrivals door, wondering who we are going to see on the other side. Then……….. there! Right in front of us: Michael and Josie!!!
We run to them and hug and laugh! It’s been 15 months……….and Josie is now 4 yrs and 2 months old. Of course we knew what Josie and Evie looked like, but a photo or skype can never really portray the real little loved-loved persons.
Josie’s bubbly and giggly and running ahead - laughing.
It is just as oh-so-special to see Michael again after more than a year. Their trauma and experiences of the BIG earthquake in Tokyo, still fresh. Our son-in-law drives us down to Gifhorn -on the wrong side of the road!! Josie and I play games in the back of the car. As we get to the well-known medieval villages and farm-surrounds of Winkel, all we can think about is seeing Isabelle again and seeing Evie who was 7 months old when we saw her last – and now 21 months!
Oh sweet reunion! We reign in much of our excitement, so Evie can gradually get used to us. We hug, cry, hug with Isabelle. And look and look at one another – it’s been tooooooooo long!
Josie alias Red Riding Hood.
Ditto – Evie trying out her dancing poses, unaware of her unruly pony tails
Evie calls Gordon, Mack and insisted on Mack helping her up the stairs - to his joy.
Our lovely Isabelle – our oldest daughter.
Josie eats ice-cream just before supper-time – courtesy the neighbour.
Hooray for digital photography & many photos that hopefully will serve as the rest of the diary and golden days with Michael, Isabelle, Josie and Evie. In the middle of our stay, Gordon and I nipped over to Dresden for a few days. And this is how far I got with the Dresden-diary…………….!
Dresden: Reading and prayer on the train: “Oh, Creator, please don’t repair me, remake me. “The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Together we explored the old Eastern Germany city, full of character and culture, on foot and by bicycle and tram. Lots of uphill walking to the Bastei Bridge and Konigstein Fesstung and medieval villages. Ok for every uphill there is also a – welcome! – downhill. A big part of this side-trip was our stay in a big, clean and comfortable private room in a hostel in the hippie-part of Dresden – quite a few locals looked like characters straight out of Camden Town. The one theme that will always pop up in our Dresden memories will be: destruction and restoration, during and after World War II.
Isabelle kindly fetched us from Braunschweig train station - how thrilled we were to see the Schmidt-family again for a last few gems of days together!
For further information find links here to the Bastei Bridge and to Dresden - the Cultural heart and tourism, and lastly the hostel in Dresden that we highly recommend for hospitality, location and being organised.
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