I've been trying to figure out what to do in Dresden.

I think we'll have to stay a whole week. I want to see the new Frauenkirche, but apparently it's not open during the weekend, but could go to a service on Sunday morning (there's a shorter service Seunday evening - but then we'll be at the opera), there's the four and a half hour opera we're going to see, I'd like to go to the "World's Most Beautiful Milk Shop", visit the Synagogue, look at the treasures at the "Grünes Gewölbe" (Green Vault?), visit the market hall with its wine and cheese cellar... and I'd love to drive around the surrounding country side and hike in mountains south-east of Dresden.

We'll be getting up early on Saturday to drive down... the drive is about 5 hours but since I'll be driving too, it'll take longer than if Basti was doing all the driving. I'm not really up to driving 160 km/h for a longer time, I'll do it to pass trucks etc. but... Oh, well, maybe there isn't all too much traffic and I can practise a little.

No weight loss so far. Being sensible and actually eating although I want to loose weight is annoying at times... I want to be skinny NOW not in two months.