Tuesday 24 April
The boat sailed at 7:00 am for Dresden, with a stop planned along the way. A quiet relaxing morning passing through wooded areas and small villages. Around lunch time we crossed the border into Germany this part is known as Saxon Switzerland and celebrated with a “Welcome to Germany” lunch, sausage, cheese, pork and other German specialties all washed down with German Beer while the resident musician played traditional German music.After lunch we moored at Bad Schandau, a small 
spa town, visited by thousands of tourists during the year and boarded coaches to travel to the Bastia (Bastion) rock formation which rise about 300 metres above the Elbe River, where in the 14/1500s a small settlement was built and equipped with a catapult to throw 40 kg rocks at boats on the river to stop them and allow the locals to rob them. A walkway around the rocks with small signs explaining various parts of the settlement left us wondering how, in those early times, people were able to transport materials and build accommodation. We had similar thoughts when crossing a 150 year old stone bridge built amongst the rocks.
spa town, visited by thousands of tourists during the year and boarded coaches to travel to the Bastia (Bastion) rock formation which rise about 300 metres above the Elbe River, where in the 14/1500s a small settlement was built and equipped with a catapult to throw 40 kg rocks at boats on the river to stop them and allow the locals to rob them. A walkway around the rocks with small signs explaining various parts of the settlement left us wondering how, in those early times, people were able to transport materials and build accommodation. We had similar thoughts when crossing a 150 year old stone bridge built amongst the rocks.
Shortly after returning to the boat we left for Dresden, where we arrived during dinner and we will remain here for two nights.
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