Dresden and then Poland

On Saturday we left the campsite about 10 o'clock and got to Dresden about 12.30. Drove into the centre and luckily found a convenient free car park within a short walk of the Old Town. The "Old Town" has been largely restored in the last twenty years after remaining as a bomb site for most of the fifty years since it was destroyed by the RAF just before the end of the war in 1945.
The quality of the restoration is amazing when you see the pictures of what was left.
We spent about 4 hours there and then got back on the road and drove through into Poland and on to a small town in Silesia called Jelenia Gora.
The campsite is quite close to the centre so not quite so quiet but convenient for a short walk into town which we did this morning. A very picturesque old centre which is reasonably authentic with some churches and other buildings dating from the fifteenth century. 

We needed refreshment and found a delightful little cafe where we had to choose our tea or coffee from a bewildering selection of teas and coffees from all over the world.

The cafe was in the old Market Square (Rynek) which is unusual in that all the buildings surrounding it have sort of cloisters running along underneath with wide arches onto the square and the shopfronts (mainly cafes and restaurants) set back under cover.

We explored thoroughly then had lunch out at a restaurant and eventually headed back to camp around 4 o'clock.

The plan is to head off tomorrow to Wroclaw (pronounced Vrotswarf!) and perhaps spend 2 or 3 days there to have a more relaxed exploration and maybe some more bike riding.