Arriving at the Czech border with Saxony after 6 days cycling from Český Krumlov |
The Czech border marker along the Elbe Bike Path is left over from Czechoslovakia |
Welcome to Saxon town of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöne along the Eble on the Czech-German border |
Elberadweg - Bicycle Path on the Left Bank of the Elbe entering Saxony |
The Ebleradweg covers 1300 km of from the Czech source to the North Sea |
For a few km, the Eble forms the border between Germany and the Czech Republic on the Right Bank - Restaurace Na Suché Kamenici |
The Czech town of Hřensko at the confluence of the Elbe and Kamenice Rivers |
The Czech town of Hřensko across the Elbe from the German town of Schöna |
Viking Cruises "Clara Schumann" on the Elbe just back the German border post at Schmilka |
This is the continuation Day 6 on the Cycling Tour along the Vlatava and Elbe from Český Krumlov to Meißen |
Cliffs of Rauschenstein in the scenic region of Sächsische Schweiz |
Bad Schandau, the first sizable Germany town directly on the Elbe after the Czech Border |
Pension Fam. Schwarz, Elbufer, Bad Schwandau |
Bad Schandau, tourist resort hub of the Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz, "Saxon Switzerland" |
St-Johannis-Kirche, Bad Schandau |
Nationalpark Linie Ferry on the Left Bank of the Elbe at Bad Schandau |
Tonight's destination, Königstein |
Autobahn 17 Dresden-Prag/Praha CZ |
Hotel Lindenhof, Königstein, my home for the night after cycling 102km on the Elberadweg from Terezin CZ (Theresienstadt) |
Bielatalstraße roundabout, Königstein |
The fortress Festung Königstein |
Stadtkirche Königstein |
Rathaus, Goethestraße, Königstein |
Sunset over Festung Königstein |
Sunset on the terrace of Hotel Lindenhof, Königstein |
Friedensburg, Rathen |
From the Czech Republic to Germany along the Elberadweg, 102 km from Trezin to Königstein |
The most famous part of Nationalpark Sächsischer Schweiz, the Basteibrück, Rathen |
Elberadweg passing through woodlands on the Left Bank of the river |
It really wasn't the nicest day so I decided to skip climbing up to the Basteibrücke and continued on towards Dresden |
Elbe Tourist Boat Bastei II tied up near the Manufaktur Hotel, Stadt Wehlen |
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt side-wheel paddle steamer "Pirna", Stadt Wehlen |
Personenschiffahrt Oberelbe Dampfschiff "Sachsenwald", Stadt Wehlen |
Across to the Right Bank of the Elbe - Marktplatz, Stadt Wehlen |
Marktplatz, Stadt Wehlen |
Rathaus, Marktplatz, Stadt Wehlen |
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt Elbe tourist boat "August der Starke", Stadt Wehlen |
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt side-wheel paddle steamer "Pirna" docked in its namesake city, Pirna |
Rathaus, Marktplatz, Pirna |
Marktplatz, Pirna |
Marktplatz, Pirna |
Manhole Cover - Stadt Pirna |
Christopher Street Day 2016, Pirna |
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt side-wheel paddle steamer "Pillnitz" passing under the Sachsenbrücke, Pirna |
Elberadweg gesperrt. Detour to continue cycling to Dresden |
Elberadweg Detour through Heidenau |
Schloss Pillnitz |
Restaurant Biergarten Fährhaus Kleinzschachwitz |
Geese in the grass at Kleinzschachwitz across the Elbe from Schloss Pillnitz |
"Burger Boot", Laubegaster Ufer |
The Elbe with Dresden's Fehrnsehturm (TV Tower) |
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt side paddle steamer "Leipzig" with the Loschwitz Bridge "Blaues Wunder" |
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt side paddle steamer "Leipzig", Tolkewitz |
Hotel Schloss Eckberg, on the Right Bank of the Elbe, Löschwitz |
Schloss Albrechtsberg, 1850-1854, Löschwitz |
Ortsschild - Dresden, entering the capital of Saxony (Sachsen) |
Sächsische Staatskanzlei - Saxon State Chancellery, Dresden |
The restored historic center of Dresden |
Arrival in Dresden, 1524km of cycling since leaving Luzern, Switzerland 20 days earlier |
Elberadweg from Königstein to Dresden, 48km |
Basteischlösschen on the Elberadweg, Dresden |
Elberadweg from Dresden to Meissen on the Left Bank |
Cyclist on the Elberadweg, Gohlis |
Gohlis Windmill, Elberadweg |
Gohlis Windmill, Elberadweg |
Elberadweg, Left Bank, Niedergohlis |
Elbebrücken Niederwartha |
Crossing the Elbe on the Niederwartha Bridge |
Crossing the Elbe on the Niederwartha Bridge |
Elberadweg, now on the Right Bank of the river |
Elberadweg guidance signs - heading for the Sörnewitz Biergarten |
Elberadweg, Sörnewitz |
Biergarten Boselblick, Sörnewitz |
Lunch of Beer and Bratwurst, Biergarten Boselblick, Sörnewitz |
Biergarten Boselblick, Sörnewitz |
Auf Wiedersehen in Coswig, Elberadweg |
Kleine Bosel |
Herzlich Willkommen - Stadt Meißen |
Elberadweg arriving at the City of Meissen, famous for its porcelain |
Elberadweg at Meißen. After visiting the city, I'll return to Dresden via a looping route through Moritzburg |
Leaving the Elbe for Schloß Moritzburg |
Kirche Oberau |
Wasserschloß Oberau |
Großdobritzstraße passing beneath the railway line, Oberau |
Bismarckturm and Spitzhaus Radebeul |
Looping back to Dresden from Meissen via Moritzburg |
Elberadweg passing through fields approaching Altkaditz on the northwest edge of Dresden |
Emmauskirche, Elberadweg, Altkatditz |
Molenbrücke on the far left providing access to Pieschener Hafen, Dresden-Pieschen |
Balloon floating over the old city of Dresden on a still summer evening |
M.D. Pöppelmann Schiffsherberge-Hotel, Dresden |
Elberadweg passing the Dresden's Elbehafen - all this, except the smokestack, has been demolished for redevelopment |
Sculpture - Der Lastenträger/The Porter, Elbehafen, Dresden |
Elberadweg on the Right Bank, Königsufer, Central Dresden |
River-facing west front of the early 18th C. Japanishes Palais, named after King Augustus' collection of Japanese porcelain |
Central Dresden with (R to L) the towers of Dresden Castle, the Hofkirche, City Hall and High Court |
Königsufer across from the old city of Dresden, reconstructed after its destruction in February 1945 |
Augustusbrücke and dome of the Baroque Frauenkirche, built 1726-1743, destroyed 1945, rebuilt 1994-2005 |
Late afternoon on the Elberadweg, Königsufer, Dresden |
Cyclists among those relaxing and enjoying a pleasant summer evening along the Elbe, Dresden |
Dresdner Frauenkirche and Academy of Fine Arts, Terrassenufer, Dresden |
85km loop on the Elberadweg from Dresden to Meißen and back via Moritzburg |