In his third visit to Germany in the past year, US President Barack Obama is meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in the eastern city of Dresden before the two head off to visit the Buchenwald concentration camp. US President Barack Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday morning in the eastern German city of Dresden, which was flattened by Allied bombing towards the end of World War II. Obama, who has just finished a tour of the Middle East, was greeted by Merkel at his hotel in the center of the city, before they headed off on a tour of Dresden's highlights, including the Gruenes Gewoelbe museum and the recently rebuilt Frauenkirche.After their meeting, the two leaders will travel west to visit to the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, located just outside the city of Weimar, where they are expected to meet Holocaust survivors.
US President Barack Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday morning in the eastern German city of Dresden, which was flattened by Allied bombing towards the end of World War II.
Obama, who has just finished a tour of the Middle East, was greeted by Merkel at his hotel in the center of the city, before they headed off on a tour of Dresden's highlights, including the Gruenes Gewoelbe museum and the recently rebuilt Frauenkirche.After their meeting, the two leaders will travel west to visit to the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, located just outside the city of Weimar, where they are expected to meet Holocaust survivors.
Prior to US President Barack Obama's trip to Dresden this week, his allegedly tense relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel had filled the headlines. But on Friday, the two were all smiles. And Obama had a message to the gathered journalists: 'Stop it!' The elderly woman in the red fleece jacket was, for a moment, disgusted. "What?" she demanded. "That was it? He's already gone?" It was shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Friday morning and the woman had just arrived at the Altmarkt square in Dresden's city center, where a band was playing "Copacabana" on a stage decorated with red, white and blue balloons. The woman was standing in front of a huge television screen that the city had mounted for the occasion, and it was showing images of the US president on the steps leading up to Air Force One. He waved quickly and disappeared into the aircraft.
Prior to US President Barack Obama's trip to Dresden this week, his allegedly tense relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel had filled the headlines. But on Friday, the two were all smiles. And Obama had a message to the gathered journalists: 'Stop it!'
The elderly woman in the red fleece jacket was, for a moment, disgusted. "What?" she demanded. "That was it? He's already gone?" It was shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Friday morning and the woman had just arrived at the Altmarkt square in Dresden's city center, where a band was playing "Copacabana" on a stage decorated with red, white and blue balloons. The woman was standing in front of a huge television screen that the city had mounted for the occasion, and it was showing images of the US president on the steps leading up to Air Force One. He waved quickly and disappeared into the aircraft.
