Preview of Vagabonderz's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Landshut, Germany Entry Title: "Erzgebirge, Dresden and Swiss Saxony" Entry: "*Sigh* 10040 km later we find ourselves once again where we started from, and this time it's sad to say that Freda's odometer will not be ticking forward for us anymore. We are almost finished our European leg of our journey; we have a plane to catch on Monday to Greece where we have two weeks to wander. The next couple of days will be spent clearing Freda out and giving her a good cleaning, then putting 'er up for sale. On to some good news...we got our Russian visas! It was a bit up in the air as the process is pretty tricky - most people use an agent for this - but we managed to secure them ourselves so the plan is still intact. Now we have to deal with getting our China and Mongolia visas. As for how we've kept ourselves busy for the last couple of weeks in the van...we headed north into what was formerly East Germany. Our first bit of exploring was in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) region, a mountainous area rich in ore, hence the name. Most of the towns here were established by mining and the region does a good job of keeping its traditions and heritage alive. We stopped in Schneeberg, Yvonne's childhood hometown, which we also visited last year. We took our time a little more and actually visited the ...
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