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Saechsische Schweiz!

Last weekend we went to Koenigstein in the Saechsische Schweiz, which is 50kms south of Dresden, near the Czech Republic border. It's a really beautiful area, a part of Germany with lots of lucious green mountains and valleys. On Koenigstein there's also a large Castle (Festung Koenigstein) that overlooks the village.

Koenigstein was also one of the towns damaged by the floods in Germany several years back. In the pension where we stayed there was a marker on the side of the building showing where the water line was (11 meters high!), and with lots of photos of the damage that was done.

The photo above was taken from the Festung overlooking Koenigstein itself.