January 20

This morning we attended church at St. Vitus Cathedral which was a traditional Catholic mass in Czech. Although we couldn’t understand the service and it was difficult to follow, it was still inspirational to see how other cultures collect into one place to worship the same God. After church, we drove to Dresden, Germany where we ate lunch and walked around for a while. Dresden was heavily bombed during WWII and is still in the process of reconstruction. It was interesting to see how much of an impact WWII still has on the people over here. It’s not really something that we as Americans think about very often, but for the people in Germany, it still plays a large part in their everyday lives. We then drove to Leipzig where we checked into our hotel and ate dinner. One unique thing about Leipzig was the dividing line of old and new buildings due to bombs from WWII. Upon arrival, we visited the train station which was rebuilt and plays a large role in the economy of this city.