Day 24 – 20th August 2014 – Prague to Chemnitz, Germany

Our train was at 8.29, so had breakfast then finished packing and headed for the station. The train was running 20 minutes late, so we had to stand around until it arrived, no seats, anywhere. Anyway, it finally arrived and Helen was seated on the river side so had some great views of the Elbe and the surrounding countryside. We had to get off and change at Dresden, and of course we missed the connecting train and had to wait 45 minutes for the next one. Bought lunch and had that on the train around 12ish. Got into Chemnitz and trundled our cases along mainly cobblestones to the hotel,which is on the same road as the Karl Marx Monument. From there we set out on the trail of the mystery munzees that had been placed along the Chemnitz River. The plan was to catch a tram half way down the trail, cap a few and then set off a multi-cap. Well, that was doomed as soon as we got near the river, it had a wooded area all along the side of it, with grassed areas and formal gardens, so we walked all of it. From the half way point down to the end and around the lake, then found a cache and walked along a main road following the trail of ruby munzees, back to the half way point. Then back to town and the clusters of coloured virtuals around the area. Helen hit 1,000,000 points which we hadn’t really though possible when we left home, and we still have the big cities to go. All in all we managed another 17 kms, which was pretty good considering we didn’t get to Chemnitz until 13.00, but it is now 21.30 so the photos for today will come tomorrow.