American Wife’s FIRST TIME in DRESDEN! 🇩🇪 Crossing Germany DAY 3 | German Food, Weimar, Buchenwald

American Wife’s FIRST TIME in DRESDEN! 🇩🇪 Crossing Germany DAY 3 | German Food, Weimar, Buchenwald

[Music] We made it. Good morning. We’ve successfully slept in a tent in Germany. I’m super surprised how good I slept, how well I slept. I had a better night than in the hotel yesterday and maybe TMI, but I hate public toilets and I’m very sensitive sleeping, but I slept pretty decently and I already did a number two. So, very successful start into this day. I’m glad we have an update on Phil’s bowel movements. He also was farting in the tent, so that was also fun. Thank God for Luftton. Am I right? Did we just become campus? There’s a few things we can improve on, but this was honestly not a bad first go at it. In contrast to many um hotels, the people here are super considerate. Everybody is super quiet. It’s maybe because the average age is probably like 65, but very nice. Very nice. It’s Let’s give you a little tour of the of the hotel. This is our first time using this tent outside of our apartment. Having this front section to leave our shoes and some supplies was very handy. This was also our first testr run night, and we didn’t have a lot of camping equipment. We used a folding mattress, blowup mattress, and our extra blankets and pillows. It was honestly everything we needed. The tent was very cozy, spacious, and blackout. We’ve got to break it down, clean it up, and head back on the road and get some coffee cuz we don’t have any camping like cooking coffee thing. And I’m I’m dying right now. Honestly, we both slept way better in this tent than in the previous holiday apartment in Vintag. It cost €40 to use the tent camp spot and all of the restroom facilities. The bathroom facility was very clean, and everyone on the campground was very quiet and respectful. At this point, we would definitely do it again. All right, remember those rules from the first video? Now, we can successfully cross off rule number four, Phil’s desire to sleep in a tent. And it took us exactly 5 minutes to fold this tent up and pack it away. And now it’s time to get back on the road. Yes. All right, 623 kilm in. Off we go. Full gas tank. All right, we’re on the road again. We are avoiding highways, but our first destination is only 30 minutes away, which is nice. And as you can tell from the title of this video, we are ending in Dston tonight. That is the goal at least. Hopefully everything goes well. We just went to a gas station, got our nice coffee for caffeine to fuel us because we didn’t have like a whole breakfast setup like half of the RVs did around us. We saw like people cooking, enjoying nice breakfast on the table. Overall, the whole camping experience wasn’t that bad. It was the first time we learned a little bit of things. Three main things we learned. We need to get an adapter for the electricity. We need to get some type of mosquito or bug repellent. And third, we we can’t forget our chairs next time. Yeah. But honestly, I feel better way better right now than what I thought I would feel at this point on day three. Yeah. Yeah, it was pretty good. So yeah, we maybe we become camping people. We are. And less than 30 minutes later, we are in Vimma. And first things first, we need a proper coffee. We asked for a specific cake I was looking for, but they said this cake is quote a zaxony cake. So only coffee for now. All right. Hello, it’s Diana. These are some facts out of my head. We are in Vimma. Vimma is a small city in central Germany and has a huge cultural legacy. It was home to G Shilla and the Bow House movement and it gave its name to Germany’s first democracy, the Vhimmer Republic. Today it is known for classical architecture, museums and deep historical impact. And if you were wondering what the Bow House movement was, it was a revolutionary art design and architecture movement founded in 1919 here in Wimar, Germany. They also often call Vimma the cradle of German culture. VHimar has a population of around 65,000 and walking through the small-sized city, it felt very calm. It was very peaceful and spacious and very, very clean. There was noticeably less graffiti compared to the bigger cities in Germany. So far, I can only say good things about all these cities here in the more eastern part of Germany. And they’re super quaint. They’re colorful. They’re wellmaintained, very clean, and there’s a good amount of green in the city. A lot of parks. I think it’s also very popular town to go to because it’s culturally so important. Like a lot of school trips. When I was in school, there was a school trip offered. Yeah. It’s just something a lot of people, a lot of Germans I think visit because of the intellectual property that is basically that all came from here. There are a lot of uh tour groups here. Also a lot of school classes. I think that’s a good indicator for there’s some interesting historical stuff going on in any city where that happens. Oo, Texas Seikos. Ye hot brother. But then check out that half timber building. That looks crazy. Despite the pretty buildings, I think Phil had food in mind. Okay. Why does Eastern Germany have more soup takeout places? Soup takeout where? Yeah, there’s a Zuka. Oh, yum. Soup takeout places are just not a thing. when I grew up. They are not big all around Germany, but I noticed uh over here there are a couple more of them and I am jealous because there are some good soups out there. Speaking of food, there was a decent amount of brought advertised everywhere. So, the next sizzling stall we smelled, we had to get one. All right. So before we leave the ringing, we have to have a turing roast broadst. And it’s my favorite vest in Germany. Yeah. So I think they also claim it’s the best brought worst. Yeah, I really like it. There’s a little stall there. It looked good. It’s grilling fresh. A lot of people were grabbing their broad burst or freaking delin to go. So let’s give it a try. M. Dude, I love this flavor. It’s one of the heartier ones and juicy, but there’s something in the seasoning that’s always nice. I really like it. It’s got a nice crispy edge from being grilled on there. And Phil put mustard and ketchup in there. I like it with mustard. It’s my go this side. So I go with both. Yeah. M awesome. So I feel like every region in Germany claims to have one of the best sausages or whatever. But I do believe the turing was actually one of the best. I just never know. Ketchup or mustard. Always mustard. I’m a mustard fan. I think it might be the best one. Yeah, it’s my favorite. and I didn’t even know it existed before meeting you. So, thank you. What can I say? Except you’re welcome. It’s not that I’m from Tinga. And just like that, we were able to cross another goal off of our road trip rules, eating a Turing R breakfast in the state of Thingya. By this point, y’all know how I feel about this juicy sausage. But I’m curious, what is your favorite German sausage? What can I say, man? Air For just super nice so far. Very aesthetic, like very pretty. And before we leave the Vimma area, there’s another stop we had to make while here. It is less than a 20-minute drive outside of the city center in a strategically placed secluded area. Okay, we’re arriving at the memorial for the Bhanva concentration camp. This is the Bhanvald memorial. This was a concentration camp built by the Nazis in 1937 where over 56,000 prisoners were killed. Okay, we’re listening to this audio guide. This is the entrance gate to the camp. Then afterwards, from 1945 to 1950, the Soviet occupying power used this site as an internment camp, imprisoning 26,000 people here. Today, this is the biggest concentration camper memorial in Eastern Germany. We downloaded the audio guide and walked through the campgrounds, buildings, exhibitions, and museum. So, right here is a a guard post. And then here’s the guard path to monitor the outside of the camp to make sure no prisoners escaped. This was a fully fenced area. The whole whole complex is fully fenced in. And this is some of the original that still remains. While many of the buildings have been destroyed, there are many that have been reconstructed or recreated. The website and the audio guide provide so much historic information. So, it is pretty crazy to be at these campsites. I have to say, um, there’s visually not too much left, but you still get a feel for the vastness, the size of the area and what happened here with the crerematorium and stuff. The audio guide does a good job of describing and explaining and adding a visual. 56 or 59,000 people, I think, were killed in this camp and it’s one of the biggest ones and uh definitely one of the most known ones. [Music] [Music] So in Bhan wild time to mark yes. Okay. Okay. Have an hour. And we’re back on the road. Unfortunately due to time we have to get on to the A4 for a little while. We tried to avoid the Altobond as much as possible, but fortunately traffic wasn’t horrible this time. Although there was a decent amount of construction going on for over seven miles and even passing state lines. [Music] We can get the Irish. Is that how you say it? Irish. We saw these cute signs telling us how much longer the construction would last. So excited. Made it. It says shuff and construction’s over. Everyone go. Luckily for us, we were able to get off the altobond and drive through some country roads. So, we’re about 45 minutes, half an hour outside of Dston and we were able to get off of the Altobon and get into the countryside again. And Phil and I have been talking and we feel like a lot of the country like south of Hanover to maybe H Highleberg is very similar in the center. It’s like these just rolling hills, a lot of countryside, a lot of farmland. You see some like wind turbines, solar panels and everything, but just a lot of rural living. And then we’re going to be in D soon. Woohoo. [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] We finally see Dston from a distance and we are able to get some cool first impressions of the outer city. We quickly check into our hotel villa accommodation and rush immediately into the city, trying to see as much as possible before the sun sets. Luckily, it’s summer and the sun doesn’t set until like 9:00 p.m. Dston Big Park check. Before we go further into the city, we are asking you to please like the video and subscribe to our channel for more videos around the world. If you want to further support us, you can do that at patreon.com/denn andfill. And shout out to our soulmate tier Patreon members, Lauren, Jared, Roger Lupka, Robin, and David Dugmore. Thank you. Why am I getting Katavitza vibes right now? Are you too? Cuz we’re almost in Poland. Almost made it to the east. But I think the the trams and how like the colors and some of the buildings are new, but some of them are old. It reminds me of it, right? You too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That’s definitely has some vibes. Nice town square here. Definitely some impressive buildings already. Dude, the clouds just always look like cotton candy. How nice is that? Cotton candy clothes. Yeah. Yeah, they look good right now. Okay, you look like one. Nice shirt. I am a cloud. The further we walked into Dston Alstad, the more impressive the buildings got. Some of these buildings felt even more massive due to the large sidewalks and pedestrian only zones, giving us space to admire them with a distance. All right, this is apparently the Dston Castle, one of the more iconic buildings in the city. for a All right, first impression immediately just a lot of gold from like statues in a park to the rot house having like golden featured gates and a lot of the toppings on these historic buildings. There was a store or restaurant named Alex that also had like a huge gold sign. So that’s my immediate first impression like just a little blink impression. A lot of gold they like gold here. A lot of gold. As we walk towards one of the most famous areas of the city, we become surrounded by these large, beautiful, dramatic style buildings. All right, we made it to one of the main attractions here in the east, Diston City, and we’re in one of the most iconic spots right now. Actually, there’s two of the famous churches or towers in the background. Uh, this right here is the famous Zlingard, which is some like palace complex, I think. And then here we have the opera building, the famous Za. And I think this spot right here sums up very nicely why people speak so highly of Dston. So what is your first impression just walking over here? It feels so grand and so spacious and I think that’s rare in a German city. You often have like a mark plat but this is so open. It feels That’s a good point. I’m getting like Vienna mixed with like Katovitza vibes. I already said that to Phil just walking in. I was like this feels a little bit like that. Older buildings but also new buildings. There’s definitely a lot of more modern buildings here and I just immediately notice gold from clock faces to little like rims to fences to gates especially now that it’s sunny right now. They just glisten in the sunshine so I see it a lot. Yeah. And I have to agree I I think the square is the best example of how open it is. Grand is probably the the right word for it. And um what I always thought was cool is that the buildings they feel older but they have this rugged slightly darker vibe to it. worn in. Yeah. You know, like when stone like gets a little bit of this moss or whatever debris on it. It feels like, you know, churches, castles out of like Skyrim or like, you know, Gothic video game or something like that. And I like that. Yeah, it feels historic. Of course, we’re here late on our day three, so a lot of things are closed, but I think we’re going to go into the swinger. I haven’t been there either. So, let’s check it out for both of us and we’ll see where it has. Phil has been to Drayson a few times when he was working in the south of Germany, but this being my very first time, I cannot get over how massive some of these buildings are. And the Denfinga definitely fits the massive theme. This is a palace that embodies the high baroque style of architecture. Wow. Feels very grand and under construction. It is one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. And even though there is currently construction going on, it is still extremely impressive. This is very impressive. Everywhere you look, there’s details, there’s statues, there’s carvings everywhere. And the arches, this is just a small part of the city. Their butts look like yours. It’s hard to capture on camera the amount of detail in all of these columns, statues, and edges. I mean, just look at the statues on this ballastrade. I think this will make for a good uh concert square, right? I was thinking house. House. Yeah, inner courtyard of that. Inner courtyard. Could do all the activities. Hey, we can delusionally dream of having a palace to ourselves, right? I feel like this is very video game like. Yeah, the gold. Do you see it glistening in the sun? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That’s what I mean. There’s like little gold accents everywhere. All right. So I can tell you uh firsthand out of brain GPT that in Germany is a famous Barack palace complex and one of the city’s most iconic landmarks originally built in the 18th century by architect Matias Daniel Pelman and sculptor Baltaza Permuza and it was commissioned by the elector of Saxony is a space for court festivities and exhibitions. So just like I said for concerts basically. Wow that is a nice building. Very nice building. right there. You see that building? That’s a nice building. Excuse me, sir. Ma’am, Angel, it’s time to see more of the city center. I cannot get over how massive and detailed these buildings are. The Draston Sphinga was severely damaged during the Allied bombing of Drac. So, this was meticulously reconstructed for years during the postwar. Most of the historic city center was completely flattened about 15 square km which is around 6 square miles. Many of these iconic buildings were in ruins and have since been restored. It’s hard to fully grasp the amount of effort the city and the people went through to complete these structures and buildings. Walking around here today, it’s absolutely beautiful and impressive. All right, so we’re overlooking the river Ela that flows through Dston. And I just found out in the back there there’s a bridge called the Kula Brer, which apparently partially collapsed in September 24, so not that long ago. Nobody was injured. The tram apparently just crossed it a minute earlier. But yeah, the river is also, I would say, the other highlight of the city with the architecture and it gives us again this like open grand vibe. Also, I think across two very famous buildings. The left building was a former governmental building and then the right one is the Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art with a golden top. Yeah. Yeah. You could see it glistening in the sun. Look on that side. Lot of golden statues, angels. Uh yeah. So far the vibes are really nice. Like I love looking at all of the historic buildings, but also this like touches of gold and like modern buildings. And I think any city with a body of water running through it. Chef’s kiss. What do you think? And before we eat dinner, we had to see one of the most iconic buildings in the old town. On this day, there was some type of event with lots and lots of dancing. All right, so we’re here in the plaza right in front of the famous Fra and Kisha, and there’s so much happening right now. I also noticed that there is a very good amount of pedestrian only zones, which I think really enhances the city. You’re not looking out for bikes, you’re not looking out for cars, you’re not looking out for trains or anything. It’s just people walking and it’s very wide. So even though it’s a very touristy busy city right now, it doesn’t feel too claustrophobic like some cities can feel. So it feels really nice. The noi mocked square in Dston is one of the most popular and touristy areas of the city. Right behind me, the most famous site of Dston and it is the Fen Kersia. This has been built in the 18th century 1726 to 1743. and is one of the greatest Barack churches in Europe. And the massive stone dome, the Stein Glocker, was an engineering marvel of its time. Unfortunately, World War II happened and it got completely destroyed in 1945 during the Brian bombing by the Allied forces. However, after the German reunification, a citizen-led effort raised funds worldwide to rebuild it. And the reconstruction actually lasted from 1994 to 2005 and used original stones where possible. And it was seen as a symbol of healing after the war and after the division has ended. It reopened in 2005, which is not that long ago if you think about it, with an international dedication as a peace church. And that is why it’s a huge deal. For the last 20 years, it’s been back. It looks like that now. Very famous. It’s closed right now. We’re too late. So, we’re going to go and eat something. Yes. Time for some food. There are a lot of German restaurants to choose from in the city center. We just picked one that had some decent reviews because by this time in the day, we are hungry. All right, it is dinner time in Drist. The sun is about to set. The city is absolutely beautiful, especially at golden hour in the evening. But we came here for some food. We got a couple very German and especially Saxon dishes because we’re in Saxony now. And what I got here is a dishna zawa. So we are from the rite area where also za braten is very famous. But this one is the saxon style. So it is this beef roast here that is nicely roasted. It comes with almonds on top, raisins. There’s blue cabbage on the side, some dumplings, and it looks very nice, very dark. to see if the one from Saxony is better as the one from Dist area north failure rhinest dude it’s so soft is it I’m curious cuz sometimes the zoen could be pretty dry it’s going to be a hard fight I’m going to take one of these dumpling pieces here and do a quarter of that put some blue crout here I know it as rot um but it is pretty blue you know it as road call not road kraut cloud bowl and the sauce is very very dark. I love that nice dark gravy, dude. That also is very soft. It like melts on your tongue. This might be a hint better than the standard ones that we get in the Rhineland area. Oh. Oh, those are fighting words. Those are fighting words. I don’t know. If you know your stuff, maybe comment below which one you like better. Okay, so I decided to go with sweet and savory combo here. I have a sweet dish and also a savory dish. And this is a cartel zup. So, we’re in the state of Saxony and this is a Saxony style potato soup. Um, so I’m pretty excited to see. Looks like there is a little bit of meat in there. So, I do have some burst in here, but it just looks like this nice creamy pureed potato. See some spices in there, some seasoning. So, we’ll see. Wait, why why are you trying to soup if I’m a potato fill? I don’t know. It’s a little more sour than I expected initially. That’s interesting. Hold on. She keeps eating. Can’t be that bad. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good. It’s good. I was just trying to figure out the flavor cuz I think I’m used to more of like a creamy style soup and this is definitely more broth based soup. It’s good. Also, I love in Germany soup comes with bread, but it’s this nice like this looks like a sourdough bread, right? It’s like this nice uh spongy darker bread. Let’s do a little dip dip dip dip. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I said it in the for some reason more soups and here again the potato soup is very nice. You’re right. It’s very sour, but I love it. All right, so this next thing I decided to get was called a quark coin. It looks like a quark based pancake pretty much. Maybe similar to quark bel is a dairy product in Germany. Very common. It’s like a mix between sour cream, yogurt, and like cream cheese. I don’t know how to describe it. And then this one is served with some nice mous chunky applesauce. Yeah, it’s not fully pureed. It’s kind of chunky. It looks nice. But I guess I will try it with this. That’s a very big shook, but I’m just going to go for it, right? Yes. All All at once. All at once. Starting with the dessert, basically. [Music] Yum. That’s so good. There’s also a little bit of sugar and cinnamon sprinkled on top, which is very nice. It’s not quite as fluffy as a pancake, but it’s in that shape, right? And it’s been fried on each side. And the quac is a little thicker, a little more hearty in substance. With this apple meal, since I was a child, I like my applesauce properly parade. Really? I like the chunkies. I I didn’t like the chunkies and um still don’t. Overall, that was a delicious meal. And my favorite part of the meal would have to be this zower broughten sauce with these dumplings. M. So good. Ooh, that’s so nice. That’s so good. This is awesome. Oh, dang. I might steal this from you. All right, so we’re back on the river enjoying the sunset. It looks so pretty. I’m very satisfied with the food. The whole area felt pretty touristy to be honest. Especially the restaurant, the two original restaurants I had marked, I didn’t realize how far out of the city they actually are. Yeah, we ended up just going to something that was pretty close and central and Yeah, it was pretty good though, right? Yeah. So, I think in the central area where all the churches are around the front, there’s not much like day-to-day life stuff. It’s just restaurants made for tourists. And I do believe most of them potentially are tourist traps. And the food was good, don’t get me wrong. However, it was very expensive. The people from Dston would probably agree with me. Like, please comment below if you’re from the area, if you know the area. It’s probably not the smartest thing to go to a restaurant in that area. I would assume the more reasonably priced ones are outside, but we on a tight schedule. That’s why we went there. And um it’s still was good, very good food. I think Tiana just made a very good point there. On this side of the river, you have all the tourist attractions, and it’s where all the tourists are. And uh I remember too on the other side of the river, you can see right now there’s a ton of people just enjoying the field. And that is probably where the locals are because I stayed in hotels over there before and it felt way more realistic day-to-day life. So maybe that’s the separation. Tourists on that side, locals on that side. Yeah. It’s funny cuz we were both also talking. We were like, we haven’t seen a single supermarket yet. And we walked a very decent amount. Like we’re staying a little outside. Walk through a park, walk through the city a little bit and haven’t seen a single supermarket. So, I’m curious. Our breakfast stop for tomorrow is a little outside of the city on our way out. So, I’m excited about that. I also want to get a classic dish that’s from here. I hope they have it cuz by now, this time of the day, most of them are sold out. So, I hope tomorrow I can get it. We’ll uh give you a little tour of our hotel that we’re staying at, but we’re going to go and enjoy the sunset right now. It’s a funny one. It’s a funny one. We enjoyed the sunset along the river and soaked in the city. I am a sucker for a sunset over water and this was the perfect way to end our time in the historic Alad. And on our way back to our hotel, we had to pick up some essentials. Going to the net, getting the stuff. We had to get a few things that I haven’t seen at our local supermarkets in Dulwaf. All right, we’re back from the city center. This was a very, very long day. But before we go to bed, we want to give you a quick tour. So we thought, hm, Dston, instead of staying at one of these fancy chain hotels, we thought maybe we give this highly rated villa a try. And you saw the villa downstairs. It looks nice on the outside. It has quite of the grand entrance hall. Then you climb up these stairs and it’s so vast. And then you come into our room. Unfortunately, it’s a bit more show than what’s on the inside. You know, a little bit more on the outside. This is the studio room. This is a very narrow bed for two people. I want to say this is a 150. This is even a 140. This might be a 140 bed. We’re in the rooftop and as you can see, there’s majorly slanted walls and it’s so hot in here. I wish you could feel it. It’s like 5 to 10° warmer than outside. I think I’m just spotting another spider. So, this is basically the room. It looks a little bit like Grand Mish. I guess that is the charm of this old villa. And then we have this grand grand master bathroom. Uh very slanted as well here. And it’s quite the big room. Quite echoey as you can hear because there’s nothing in here. You have all this space. Show how you’re going to shower. And here is a bathtub without a curtain or anything. And I guess you have to hold this thing up and try not to water the room. And I kind of wish I was back at the campground. Yeah. So looking back on it, instead of getting this nice little experience, maybe we should have gone with the chain hotel and aircon. Anyways, this is Drayson. We will see a little more of Drayson tomorrow before heading further east. Yes. So tomorrow is going to be our last day of this journey to the most eastern point of Germany. We’re going to start in Dston, head further east, and then the last part, we might have to hike through the fields a little bit in search for that border. Yes. We’ll see you next time. Good night. Bye-bye. Bye. [Music] There’s a circle K in Dristen. I don’t understand. And we’ve seen it all over the world, but uh in Germany

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Timestamps:
00:00 – Crossing Germany!
00:16 – Last Video
00:28 – Camping Morning Wake Up
02:18 – Goal List Check
02:30 – Back on the Road
03:42 – Weimar
06:00 – Thüringer Rostbratwurst
07:43 – Buchenwald Memorial
09:54 – Autobahn Drive
10:47 – German Country Roads
11:38 – First Sight of Dresden
12:19 – Dresden First Impressions
13:45 – Dresden City
15:23 – Dresden Zwinger
17:22 – City Destruction & Rebuilding
18:04 – River Elbe
19:40 – Frauenkirche
20:50 – German Food Time!
21:09 – Saxony Sauerbraten
22:18 – Soup
23:23 – Quarkkeulchen
24:52 – River Sunset
26:44 – East German Candy
27:05 – Villa Room Tour
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