Articles found in: Saxony
Saxony Reborn From the Ashes of War
Published on July 17, 2015
by Adriana Yampey, AFAR Ambassador On Valentines Day 1945 British and American heavy bombers were dropping thousands of tons of high explosive bombs over Dresden, destroying 6.5 kilometers of the city center and killing an estimated 25,000 people. It’s almost impossible to believe that such devastation took place. You would not know this when visiting […]
Keep readingLeipzig’s Art of the Future
Published on June 29, 2015
by Kelley Ferro Porsche? Nutcrackers? Harmonicas? Bach? I had no idea that Saxony, a free state in Germany, had so much going on! It wasn’t until my chat with Shireesh Sharma at the USTOA conference this past December that I realized the variety of types of art flourishing in a relatively small part of the […]
Keep readingEating My Way Through Saxony
Published on June 23, 2015
by Adriana Yampey, AFAR Ambassador On my recent trip to Saxony, with Saxony Tourism and Avanti Destinations I was able to taste carefully prepared traditional German dishes with a Saxon twist. But beyond the great food, I loved the way many of the restaurants depict the region’s past and hold interesting stories, if you are […]
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