Amy & Adam's European Highlights

Without a doubt, one of my favorite things about Dresden, is the Elbe River. The Elbe runs through the city separating the old town from the new. On both sides of the river is a well-maintained path that is greatly enjoyed by runners, bikers, walkers and "bench watchers." Adam took these photos last month when Rose and I were enjoying an equally beautiful day in Prague.

We encountered some pretty awesome German engineering with this DHL package machine. If you aren't home when the DHL delivery person comes, she will leave a slip in your post box which you need to take to this machine. At the machine, you enter the code on your slip that opens a side door, revealing your package miraculously inside! Amazing.

The Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) is a National Park a short 45 minute train ride away. I must stress how amazing I find it that we live in a city and can hop on a train and be in a national park in under an hour! The black sandstone formations which are one of the highlights of the national park, have also been an important natural resource: it was used to build many buildings in Berlin and Dresden. The other draws of the park are miles and miles of great hiking and steep cliffs enjoyed by intrepid climbers (we aren't among them).

I think that it's safe to say that I've never spent a year enjoying the outdoors as much as this year.