Winter took its time this past season… both to come and to go. Only two weeks ago, the Elbe river banks were covered with snow. The happier we are now that spring has finally taken over. Taking a stroll along Hauptstraße in Dresden’s Baroque quarter Innere Neustadt I couldn’t help …
“City guides out of passion”, that’s what we like to call ourselves – not only because we love the city of Dresden. Our German job title is “Gästeführer” which contains one of the nicest part of this work: “Gäste” = our guests or clients. Whether they are from Dresden or …
Yesterday our new business cards finally arrived: Whether in German or in English, now you can get our contact data compactly in small size for your wallet. After moving and changing of telephone number, we needed a reprint. While we were at it, we redesigned both the picture and logo …
I must admit, just a minute ago I didn’t even know the word “scaffold” – English is not my mother tongue and I probably would have said “construction cover”. But language is not what this blog is about, so here’s the Dresden guide story: It is not always easy to …
The reason why we didn’t blog for a while was is the current state of Dresden’s river Elbe, that can only be described as: way too high. It’s only 9 years since the Great Flood of 2002 when the historic Altstadt of Dresden was underwater. Back then the results of …
Maybe you’ve already browsed our website and have seen that we do not only offer guided tours in Dresden, but also to Bautzen. This city, located only 50km east of Dresden, is more than a 1000 years old and is beautifully situated between hills and meadows, crossed by the river …
We really like guided tours with families or school classes: on the one hand, because we simply like explaining and asking city riddles; on the other hand because children have a different perspective on what they see (and hear!). They simply ask when they don’t know a term – such …
When I look out of my living room, I can see the river Elbe and sometimes hear sounds of Fährgarten Johannstadt, a beear garden on the river bank. Three to four times each year they host events that makes my home stereo unnecessary. This weekend my apartment was all covered …
Did you know that Dresden used to be home to more than 100 cinemas? Although it has been a while since, today there are still 10 left with over 40 screens that which offer a large variety for fans of the moving image. One of the highligh of the cineast’s …
Last week we guided some school classes through Dresden – ten-year-olds, who want to hear year dates and architectural epoches even less than adult guests. That’s why we chose to tell them about Dresden inventors, everyday life in the Baroque epoche and the question, whether or not men may go …
