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 …
I am with an American tour group in the old town of Dresden… From everywhere we hear different sounds, music, noises. A good challenge for my vocal cords and for my guidance style because the external influences are more intensive and “louder” than on a normal Saturday morning. The sun …
“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 …
“I made it”! That was the first happy thought in my head and had nothing to do with wine. One long hour of a guided tour and wine tasting were behind me, an examination at the winery of Schloss Wackerbarth (Wackerbarth Palace). Guiding the management, the winemaker and the hostess …
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 …
