I just wonder why it's called Bilderberg?

Hey, Obama was here in 2009! Definitely one of the highlights. I took the day off work to not miss it.

Not sure if we already were friends back then but here are some pictures I took: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/tag/obama%20in%20dresden

They're called that because they had their first conference in the Bilderberg Hotel.

I remember that of course. And Putin was here some years ago too. When Obama was here, I was at the Kulturpalast. I remember the snipers on the Frauenkirche - that was creepy! A while I stood next to minister-president Tillich.

Thanks for the link!

Yeah, I've read that now about the name as well. I had no idea that this is such an old meeting already.

Well, Putin has lived for several years in Dresden, he does not really count ;) It's like homecoming for him.

The other pictures from Thursday I posted, there is a picture of the Brühlsche Terrasse, and since the whole city was closed off, it is totally empty. Not one person on it. I thought that was creepy, as I never had seen that before. Like in those movies, where you are the last survivor in an empty world.

Well yeah, but no. By which I mean: but he's high up in the government of a really big country, so it kinda does count.

Ha, I know that creepy feeling. Sometimes when I leave my apartment and there are no or barely any people/cars on the streets. How do people in smaller places deal with that?!

PS: My pre- and post-visit entries:

We has a president!
Watching n-tv.
Still watching n-tv.
So... yesterday