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Cheap tickets and low airfares are available on German low-cost and budget airlines flying to Dresden Airport (DRS) from German cities, the Mediterranean, and London (UK)

Discount passes for trains, buses, and steamboats allow for cheap day trips from Dresden in Germany to the Saxon Switzerland National Park and to see porcelain in Meißen.

Meissen, Germany, has been the center of manufacture of porcelain figurines and tableware since the early 18th century and genuine pieces are now prized collector items.

The Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (State Art Collections) in Saxony form an astonishing ensemble of art spread over museums in the Zwinger, Schloss, and Albertinum.

Dresden, Germany is rich in culture and history. Here are some popular sites to see when visiting this beautiful east central German city.

The Dresden Files television series, based on the popular urban fantasy novels by Jim Butcher, met mixed reactions from fans.

Attractively set on the broad River Elbe, Dresden, famous for its grand baroque buildings, Semper Opera and priceless collections of art, is being painstakingly restored.

Perched in the tower of Dresden's Church of the Holy Cross, or Kreuzkirche, Richard Wagner took part in one of the most dramatic episodes of the city's history.

Towards the end of World War II Dresden was all but destroyed when hundreds of Allied aircraft dropped bombs and incendiary devices on the city.

The Zwinger Palace is one of Dresden, Germany's best attractions. Built to rival Versailles, the Palace features beautiful gardens, an Old Masters museum and more.

The name Meissen and its blue crossed-swords trademark are synonymous with high-quality porcelain as befits the company that initiated porcelain production in Europe.

Schloss Moritzburg Palace and Meißen (porcelain, old town, Albrechtsburg Castle) are easy day trips by bus, S-Bahn, or steam train from Dresden in Saxony, Germany.

The German region of Saxony was home to cultural heros like Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mahler, Wagner and Goethe. They all composed, wrote, and/or performed here.

The Basteibrücke Bridge and viewing platforms offer the best views of the rocky sandstone peaks and the Elbe Valley in the Saxon Switzerland area near Dresden in Germany

Germany's largest fortress, Festung Königstein, towers over the Elbe Valley in the Saxon Switzerland area. It is a popular day trip by S-Bahn train from nearby Dresden.

Baroque Schloss Moritzburg Castle, the hunting palace of the kings of Saxony, is a popular day-trip destination from Dresden in Germany.

Nature, rock climbing, hiking, cycling, canoeing, and cultural sights are popular in Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) in the Elbe Valley near Dresden in Germany.

The best sights in Moritzburg near Dresden in Saxony, Germany include the Schloss, Pheasant Castle (Fasanenschlößchen), palace gardens, and Käthe Kollwitz memorial site.

Released on May 20th, No, Virginia... is a collection of b-sides and rarities. The band doesn't try anything new this time, and much of their darker side has disappeared.

Gil Erickson used assets in the Erickson Family Trust to guarantee loans from private parties for his business, Northpoint Development, to build condominiums in San Jose.

Over the years, Christmas ornaments have evolved from simple, paper pouches to elaborate hand blown glass figurines.

Amanda Palmer's solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (2008), continues a contemporary independent legacy that artists such as Avril Lavigne will never have.

Whether fact or fiction, the stories about The Spoonmaker, The Dresden Green and The Hope make fascinating reading.

As a young infantry soldier with the US 106th Division, Vonnegut spent seven months as a POW, an experience he recounted in the novel Slaughterhouse-Five.

The capital of Saxony, Dresden, is described as an architectural gem, It also has a fine Rembrandt collection, the Semper Opera House and some historic coffee houses.

Elbe River cruises on luxury riverboats of Peter Deilmann (Katharina von Bora, Dresden, and Frederic Chopin) and Viking (MS Schumann) go to Prague, Dresden, and Berlin.

The daughter of two musicians, it was inevitable that Mary would choose that road to travel...and travel it she did, ending up with a great concert career.

Low-cost airlines have cheap flights and discounted tickets to Berlin (TXL, SXF, THF, BBI), Dresden (DRS) and Leipzig/Halle (LEJ & AOC) Airports in Eastern Germany.

European riverboat cruise vacations on the Elbe River can include stops in Germany (Hamburg, Magdeburg, Berlin, Dessau, Wittenberg, Dresden) and Czech Republic (Prague).

Every German city has a Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt). Famous ones include Frankfurt am Main, Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Dresden, Rothenburg, Lübeck, Berlin, and Munich.

Discover Christmas treasures of the past at flea markets, antique shows and at online auction sites. But do a little homework first!

Decorating Christmas trees with ornaments began in the 1800s and went on to become a traditional part of the holiday.

The story of dramatic soprano Gerda Nielsen and her tips for good singing, including posture, breath control and tongue placement.

Low-cost airlines allow for cheap airfares and discount tickets for travel on flights from airports in London, the UK, and Ireland to visit Christmas markets in Germany.

In the first of this three-part series of articles on this topic, I will explore the still contentious notion that many German civilians were also victimized in WWII.

In 1915, Turpitz, a pig rescued from the German cruiser Dresden, became the mascot of HMS Glasgow and raised nearly £2,000 for the British War Effort.

The Internet has created an important medium for rising comic artists; the recent web comic trend as an art form is an excellent expansion of creativity.

Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls releases her first solo album but doesn't deviate much from her established sound.

"Who Killed Amanda Palmer" gives the Boston-based pianist a full, refined sound. With help from producer Ben Folds, the CD promises Palmer a dark and torrid solo career.

The Erickson family of Los Gatos, owners of Grandpoint Community Builders of San Jose, California, are declaring bankruptcy and reneging on huge debts to private lenders.

The German cruiser SMS Konigsberg was the hard-to-kill fleet in being that occupied 20 Allied warships for 9 months in WWI before finally sinking her.

Low-cost and budget airlines use regional airports throughout Germany for cheap non-stop flights at low airfares and ticket prices to German and European destinations.

Advent in Germany without Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte), Glühwein, sausages, Lebkuchen biscuits, potato cakes, sweets, wooden toys, and music is unthinkable.

The Erickson's business lured individuals for loans to build condominium high-rises on Delmas and Fifth Street in San Jose, California.

More than forty of the 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy's High Sea Fleet only left their final anchorage as scrap if at all.

The surprise hit about bickering Secret Service agents hunting occult relics averaged more than 4 million total viewers and more than 2 million adults ages 25 to 54.

Low-cost budget airlines have cheap flights with low airfares on discounted tickets to Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) and Leipzig-Altenburg Airport (AOC) in Eastern Germany.

This April marked the second anniversary of the death of Kurt Vonnegut, humorist, satirist, novelist, and artist.

Brief biography and work of American writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., best-known for Slaughterhouse-Five.

Visit the Czech capital from Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary by getting a direct train to Prague's Hlavni Nadrazi station.