These seven weeks have flown by. My final days were back in Munich. My hosts wanted me to be sure and see the Turkish/Middle East portion of the city, so that was one of our Monday adventures. There were wonderful shops and markets. Then we walked past the Oktoberfest site. It looks different than when …
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Halle, Leipzig, and Trudi II
Claudia grew up in small towns between Wittenberg and Leipzig, and her mother and stepfather still live in one of those, Sandersdorf. Their house was our home base as we took a day (each) to explore the towns of Halle and Leipzig. This whole region, including Wittenberg, is in the former GDR (Eastern Germany). Learning …
Lutherland III
I have had many thrilling experiences in the past few weeks, but one of the absolute high points of this trip was worshiping in the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) in Wittenberg on Reformation Day, October 31. Claudia and I arrived to town around 5 pm the day before, and had ample time to check into our …
Slowing Down
Nothing like a little respiratory virus to make a person slow down a bit. Yes, it happened, but I was with my friends who encouraged me to just take it easy, rest a lot, and try some of their herbal remedies. Helmut, also, was coughing and not feeling great. We spent some of these days …
A Day in Dachau
It was a somber morning. The gray, foggy weather seemed fitting for this look back at the Holocaust atrocities that occurred just a few decades ago in this very place. There were many groups of high school age students on this Tuesday, and also lots of other visitors. It is difficult to find words to …
A Little More Munich and Some Handel
Returning from Berlin, Claudia and Helmut surprised me at the train station. Having intended to navigate myself to their Munich apartment, instead I was able to just follow them to the special weekend-only bus (which of course I didn’t know about). The following two days were full of sightseeing and of course more delicious German …
Berlin
With just two days in Berlin, I barely scratched the surface — are you sensing a theme here? But I very much enjoyed seeing and learning about this great city and its people. I took two walking tours, one on each day, and the guides for both were top-notch. The first was a basic introduction …
Lutherland II
One day in Eisenach was really not enough, but it was all I had. My main reason for going there was to see Wartburg Castle, where Martin Luther was whisked to after his little tiff with the Pope and other top brass at the Diet of Worms. He lived there for about a year, praying, …
Lutherland I
I have reached a part of Germany where one doesn’t have to look to hard to find a Protestant church. In fact the town of Erfurt is loaded with them, and I stayed in one. Well, a building connected to one. My Munich friends helped me plan my loop through the country, and when I …
Short Stay in Koblenz
The river trip ended in the beautiful town of Koblenz. I didn’t have of a chance to see much of it though as I was catching a train early the next morning to head east. After taking a taxi (my first!) to my economy hotel I checked in (awkwardly, due to my lack of skill …
This Journey Begins Now 