But where's all the rubble?
I was to understand that some pretty ruthless American soldiers firebombed this place back to the stone age back in WWII. So what's the deal?
I see bustling streets, I see shopping centers, I see public transit. I see no fire, no rubble, no crying, scorched, homeless peasants.
What a disappointment.
Despite having bombed my expectations of a ruined city, Dresden is still a very cool place. Good bars, an interesting fascination with shisha, and some remarkably beautiful sites.
However, there are still a few remnants of the legendary firebombing, and the rebuilding process continues unabated.
Ugly-bombed by Allied forces in the 1980s, several decades after the conclusion of World War II.
Site of a future Starbucks, which will commemorate the victims of the Dresden bombings with its "Double-Caf Cinnamon Macchiato... It's The Bomb!"Stereotypes busted:
- Dresden is a big pile of rubble
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