My irrepressible hosts, Dietmar & Dirk
The delightfully sixties shopping centre that was East Germany's biggest shop
D&D's other guests that weekend, Thoralf & Dirk
Dirk keeps the lighting theme going after our theatre visit
We get ready for a day's sightseeing
The Russian Orthodox memorial chapel for the soldiers who fell fighting Napoleon here 200 years ago
The State Library
The Russian pavilion at the old Leipzig trade fair ground
The Monument of the Battle of the Nations - Europe's biggest monument
Snowy steps lead up to this monster of a monument
Gigantic scale
Funky blue lift lighting
A memorial to all who died on both sides of the fight against Napoleon
A crematorium, disguised as a monastery
The view from halfway up the Monument of the Battle of the Nations
Dirk & Thoralf catch their breath
Dietmar looks over his city with a patrician air
Catching some rays on the sunny side of the Monument
It was a lot less freezing cold & windy on this side...
Restoration work in a funky shade of pink
Waiting for the green light to head up the last flight of stairs
Looking into the heart of Leipzig
Enormous but still moving
The sun lights up speckles of stone
Truly enormous
The Three Monkeys on a tram
Cool gargoyle action
A very English-looking church
Smiley, happy, recently-fed
Germans have a warped sense of humour sometimes...
A beautiful Art Nouveau bank building
A sumptuous detail of the Commerzbank building
Lights that light the way
The drinks at the train-themed restaurant were slightly bigger than we'd bargained for...
...but we got stuck in anyway!
A view that will soon disappear: a huge new shopping centre is going up
Leipzig-Halle airport is much bigger than it needs to be
Farewell, D&D!
