Budyske nalěćo • Bautzen Spring (742 km)

(23-05-20/21) "Shut up, or you'll go to Bautzen." was the phrase used in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) if you dared to make a joke about the regime. The Bautzen II Prison, infamous as a "Stasi Jail" is still there as a memorial, but today Bautzen shows its best side. The more than 1000-year-old city of [17!] towers, on a granite plateau high above the Spree Valley, has spruced itself up and is celebrating the "Budyske nalěćo - Bautzen Spring", bilingually in German-Sorbian tradition:

Of all the bands on the numerous open air stages, I was most excited by the Banda Comunale from Dresden. Who would have thought that Bautzen has so much to offer; not me! Check it out on YouTube!