City Herberge Hotel @ Dresden

This is the hotel we stayed overnight while staying at Dresden: City Hergerge Hotel. Took us some time to find our hotel. Basically this is more like a 3-star hotel. The security of the hotel room is not that great as it's using the normal knob that our household is using. But at least the room is spacious, unlike the hotel we stay at Munich, small yet expensive.

Our room key, the key chain is really funny.

The bathroom cum toilet. The only thing I dislike having bath during Germany stay is that once you finished your hot bath and came out to get dress, you starting to feel cold again due to the weather.

I single-handedly choose the single bed and my bed for the night. Haha..


This is the double bed my two pretty colleagues are sharing.


Overall, I'm statisfy with my stay at Dresden. I will definitely recommend people to visit here.

1st Dinner at Dresden

On the first night at Dresden, we walked around the City and decided to had our dinner at this restaurant called XFresh.

This is the drink i ordered. I had to admit, it is the most SOUR lemon juice I ever had in my whole life. I don't think I manage to finish half cup of it. The reason I drank half of it is because it's a HOT drink and the weather is cold.

Hot Lemon: EURO 2

The paste that us girls ordered that night. The tomato in the last picture is the pasta I ordered. I can't finished it too. It's just too big for me.

PESTO PAPRIKA E TACCHINO: EURO 8



Total cost: EURO 10 (Haven't include tax)

After our dinner, we walked back to our hotel and have a good night rest.

Semperoper or Semper Opera House @ Dresden

Semperoper Dresden

Not only one of the most beautiful opera houses in the world, the Semperoper is renowned both here and abroad for the brilliant star-studded performances by Saxon State Opera as well as numerous international guest artists. This is the home of the Staatskapelle Dresden, an orchestra which looks back on 460 years of uninterrupted music-making.

In fact, when I knew that I will be going to Germany, the first research that I had done is to find out all the available orchestra and booked in advanced before going there. However, this caused me to pay a total of EURO 28 for a ticket while my friends who decided to see last minute paying EURO 22 only (Discounted price last minute)

First went there and saw this handsome guy and showed him my online ticket.

After that I walked around and explored Semperoper and take some photos. The interior design of the Semperoper is simply amazing. It's literraly mouth-opening experience for me. It's just like stepping into a grand palace.

Finally it's time for the orchestra. Before the start of the orchestra, the following is my self-shot photo.

The theater room is simply .... how should I put it, big, spacious, well lighted and beautifully decorated. It's totally worth paying for the ticket and listen to this orchestra. The orchestra that I chose is just one single guy performing on the piano. Total 4 pieces. The funny part for me is that after each piece, the guy will stand up, and listen to all the audience clapping, then went inside the backstage, and the clapping continues.

After he went in, he went out promptly and still the clapping continues until he is seated on his piano.

After the second piece, he will went in and out, then in and out again twice, while all the time, we had to continue clapping until he is ready for his next piece seated at his beloved piano.

And this went on for the 3rd and 4th pieces (meaning he went in and out, in and out, in and out following the sequence of his piece). Now I understand how an orchestra with 4 pieces of solo piano can last for 1.5 hours. It's indeed an eye opener for me. A culture shock in fact.

Nevertheless, I'm super satisfy as I meet one of my goal in life while I'm still at my 20's, which is to listen to a life orchestra. Next goal, listen to a full orchestra which consists all the musical instruments which are the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.

Details of the orchestra that I attended: (There's total of 7 , Matinee I to VII, but I attended only Matinee I)

Performed by Rudolf Buchbinder

Beethoven-Sonatenzyklus Matinee I

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonate Nr. 1 f-Moll op. 2 Nr. 1
Sonate Nr. 10 G-Dur op. 14 Nr. 2
Sonate Nr. 13 Es-Dur op. 27 Nr. 1
Sonate Nr. 17 d-Moll op. 31 Nr. 2 »Der Sturm«
Sonate Nr. 18 Es-Dur op. 31 Nr. 3

Beethoven-Sonatenzyklus Matinee I

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonate Nr. 1 f-Moll op. 2 Nr. 1
Sonate Nr. 10 G-Dur op. 14 Nr. 2
Sonate Nr. 13 Es-Dur op. 27 Nr. 1
Sonate Nr. 17 d-Moll op. 31 Nr. 2 »Der Sturm«
Sonate Nr. 18 Es-Dur op. 31 Nr. 3

Beethoven-Sonatenzyklus Matinee I

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonate Nr. 1 f-Moll op. 2 Nr. 1
Sonate Nr. 10 G-Dur op. 14 Nr. 2
Sonate Nr. 13 Es-Dur op. 27 Nr. 1
Sonate Nr. 17 d-Moll op. 31 Nr. 2 »Der Sturm«
Sonate Nr. 18 Es-Dur op. 31 Nr. 3

Dresden Part 2

As promised, Dresden Part 2.

1. Inside the Zwinger.

From Wiki:

The Zwinger (Der Dresdner Zwinger) is a palace in Dresden and a major landmark of German baroque architecture.

The location was formerly part of the Dresden fortress of which the outer wall is conserved. The name derives from the German word Zwinger (outer ward of a concentric castle); it was for the cannons that were placed between the outer wall and the major wall. The Zwinger was not enclosed until the neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the Semper wing was built to host the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister art gallery.

2. Just outside Zwinger, with the wall and river.

3. Basically Zwinger is a rectangular park surrounded by buildings. This is the other side, Rampart pavilion, which is topped by a statue of Hercules.

4. Trade mark of Zwinger palace. The crown. And I'm the ruler of Zwinger. Lol...

5. A fountain of water.

6. King John Statue near Semper Opera House, Dresden.

7. The famous Semper Opera House or Semperoper. Listen to an orchestra here. Will blog about it soon.

8. The catholic hofkirche (Church of the Court) was built by Saxon ruler Augustus III as a counterweight for the protestant Frauenkirche.

9. Another view of Hofkirche cathedral.


10. The main door of Hofkirche


11. Around Theaterplatz, Dresden.


12. Hofkirche and Semperoper behind me.

Dresden Part 1

Too many pictures for Dresden as we walked along Elbe Riverside since all the historical buildings are centerised there.

Since there are too many photos available, I will divide it into two parts. The following photos are not in sequence order.

1. Eating a super delicious ice cream while posing for a monument besides Elbe River. The scenery besides the river is superb. Look at the clear sky, it's sunshine, yet cold with temperature around 15 C.

2. The ice cream I'm eating is Movenpick, only 1EURO. Super delicious. I wonder when Kuching can have this ice cream. The yummiest among all the ice cream that I had tried in Germany.

3. At the door of Albertinum museum.

4. Another side of Albertinum museum. Albertinum is a famous fine art museum in Dresden, Germany.

5. Some old historical building which I can't recall the name already. There is just too many of such buildings along the shore of Elbe River.

6. Inside one museum showing Jeff Wall's pieces.


7. The old building showcasting Jeff Wall pieces.

8. Another old building which I can't recall what is the name. If my memory didn't failed me, someone told me it's a big library.

9. The Church of Our Lady, Frauenkirche. The black small piece of wall is the original church which was destroyed during to WW2. The church behind was rebuilt using the original stones (which is blacken due to war) together with original pieces.

10.Dresden is famous for this type of wooden crafted toys. It's so cute and irresistible. Unfortunately, the pricing is resistible. Which explained I did bring any of this lovely toy back.

11. It's the beginning of Oktoberfest.


12. Cuckoo clock, another specialty from Dresden.


13. A monument of Martin Luther.

14. The full view of Frauenkirche (The Church of Our Lady). This picture didn't do it's justice. The church is magnificent. We even went and have a service session there on Sunday.

15. Statue of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Frederick Augustus II (full name: Frederick Augustus Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix) (18 May 1797 – 9 August 1854) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.

Mini-Octoberfest @ Dresden

After checking in our hotel and throw the heavy luggage behind us, we zoomed out and started to explore Dresden City. First stop, the mini oktoberfest at the tourist information center.

The following are pictures as I'm lazy to write too much.

Shop selling handicrafts.

Small tree

Fruits stand. My face is pluffy T_T

The food we ordered. I like the mushrooms.

Potatoes! My all time favourite

Ferris wheel. Didn't ride one though. Looks very fragile and shaky in the strong wind

Autumn deco

Cute pottery cup

Posing with a shop

Handicraft. Now I regret I didn't buy any. But it's really too pricey

A shop full of small wooden crafts.

Even have shop selling underwear. Lol

Big size ang moh vs sexy ang moh behind

Ppl queuing to buy food/beer

Then I saw these two pretty ladies with traditional costume. Must take photo with them. Yay!!