Leipzig!

On Monday the 7th, our group left Dresden at 9 AM and left for Leipzig, a city in Saxony.  We did a walking tour of the main area of the city, on which we saw many sites that are crucial to Leipzig's history.  After the tour, we went to lunch on top of the tallest building in Leipzig, the City-Hochhaus Leipzig, and then had an hour to explore the city on our own before departing for Berlin!

Here are some photos from Leipzig!

Völkerschlachtdenkmal... a memorial to the Germans lost in the Napoleonic Wars.
Fun fact: this is the largest memorial in Europe!

Thomaskirche..  Bach worked here for over 20 years as a cantor.

Chilling with Bach for a minute.

Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum, or The Arabian Coffee Tree,
is the oldest coffee house in Leipzig, and one of the oldest in Germany.

Leipzig's city animal is the lion... There are painted lion statues all over the city!
Bailey and I pose with our new friend!

Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) was built in the mid 16th century and only suffered minor damage in WWII.

This is a statue of Goethe in front of the old stock exchange building... The entire inside of the building was destroyed by a fire in the 70s, so the inside looks like an episode of the Brady Bunch.

Only in Germany would you find this.

City-Hochhaus Leipzig

Oper Leipzig

We ordered grilled cheese at the restaurant, expecting... ya know, a grilled cheese sandwhich.  We were very surprised when we got actual grilled cheese...

Neues Rathaus (New City Hall)

That's all for now! I'll try to post about the rest of my trip (Berlin and one last stop in Prague) in the next couple of days!