So today, Sunday, we headed out in search of castles. Because what good is a trip to Germany if you don't go and see Castles? And so we did, Robert Leistner and Falk Adam as my guides. We headed out to the kind of to the west of Dresden, I guess in search of treasures. Where we actually ended up was in the Chemnitz district which is where Robert grew up, so he had all sorts of stories for me about the area, his swimming hole (yup, a real one) and his summer jobs. He also knew a great deal of background history, like all the abandoned factories that we saw were basically all textile mills. We just don't see little industry shops like this in Canada. Or Alberta at least. Directions ...
Chemnitz river valley
Village of Draisdorf
Another abandoned textile factory by Markersdorf
Looking out over the Mulde River, I believe
Lunzenau
The next town, Görikhain
This is one of many textile factories in the region, all of which have been abandoned. This one is in Görikhain
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