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Bob in the town of Boppard waiting to board our river
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Bus driver/tour guide, Peter from Witte Travel |
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On the river boat and a view down the Rhine. |
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Town of Kemp-Bornhafen |
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View of the Stererenberg Castle |
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Burg Rheinfels above St. Goar where we stayed on a
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Close up of Burg Rheinfels. |
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Our first hotel
in Ladenburg-Mannheim. |
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View of Heidelberg from the
castle - see the Holy Ghost Church and the Alte Bruecke - old bridge |
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Gail and others from the chorale
group at the castle. |
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Gate and Bridge into the castle grounds |
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View of the castle - notice the different architecture
caused by various king's additions |
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The largest wine keg in the wine cellar - notice the
floor on top. |
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Bob and I by a castle ruin. |
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On the Alte Bruecke which crosses the Neckar River.
Notice the Heilegeist Kirche in the distance and the statue of Karl
Theodore on the bridge |
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Organ pipes inside the Heilegeist Kirche |
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Our chorale grouped to sing Holy, Holy, Holy |
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Nearby is the oldest building
in Germany, the Hotel Ritter |
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Karlsplatz with the castle above. This type of square is
found all over Germany |
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A view of the bridge and the castle across the Neckar
River. |
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known for its fine university founded in 1386 and still serving
students today. |
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Bob at lunch in the famous
college pub Zum Roten Ochsen (the Red Ox) |
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In the town of Ziegelhausen, we
rehearse in the Katiliche Kirshe for Evensong service |
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The next morning, we enjoy breakfast before our second
concert in Ladenburg. The brotchen is wonderful. |
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Next, I select my meats and cheese |
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Then I can select my fruit. . . |
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and choose my favorite marmalade for the brotchen. |
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More fruit. I truly enjoy German breakfasts. |
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The family service involved 84
children with a program about Abraham performed by the Sunday school.
Delightful. |
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Here we sing part of the service. |
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A view from the balcony |
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A typical German hotel room with the famous feather
pillows and quilts |
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Day 4 - Steigenberger Hotel Thuringer Hof in Eisenach |
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Statue of Martin Luther |
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Eisenach, 12th century town, where Luther lived in
Wartburg Castle during his excommunication from the Catholic church |
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The dark framed structure with adornments between the
two buildings is the smallest house in Germany |
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A statue of Johann Sebastian
Bach who was baptized in Eisenach. |
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Bach's home when he lived in Eisenach, connected to the
Bach museum. |
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Home of Martin Luther who lived here for 3 years while
in elementary school. He lived with Frau Cotter who took him in since she
said he had the voice of an angel. Luther earned his school tuition by
singing in the boy's choir. |
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Typical marketplatz (town
square) where vendors set up their wares -- clothes, produce, and at
this stand flowers and vegetables. |
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The Luther Rose emblem on the gate of St. George Kirche.
This is were Bach was baptized and Luther preached. |
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Part of the long walk up to the Fortress. Our tour
guide is in front and you can see me with my shoulder bag on the left. |
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View of Wartburg Castle Fortress where Martin Luther
lived for 8 months while in exile. Here he translated the New Testament
from Greek to German. |
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This was Luther's room with his
desk where he worked while at Wartburg Fortress |
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This shows Luther's editing on
the translation from Greek to German. |
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the fortress. |
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Ceiling of the women's room. |
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Wartburg Castle Festival Hall |
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A view of the town through a castle window. |
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Painting of Martin Lulther |
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Painting of his wife, Katherine |
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A view of the Cotter House, now a museum, from the
garden. |
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Bob and I in the garden. |
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Love the German wursts. This is
roving stand (note the top decoration) for Rostbratwurst. Yum! |
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But that evening, I had pork, red
cabbage and knödel. |
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In Erfort (which was in East German) we visited the
Augustine Kloster |
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This is the
door which Martin Luther entered to become a monk. |
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View of the cloister court yard. |
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Inside the chapel - note the pipe organ. |
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This is a Guttenberg style printing press that
made the new German Bible available to everyone.
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Germany before the wall came down. |
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St. Thomas Kirche (church) in
Leipzig connected with Bach. |
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St. Thomas chancel and altar |
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Typical market platz stand. |
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Marilyn eating a wurst. |
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| Gail taking a welcome reprieve. |
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Eisleban, the city where
Luther was
born, baptized and died |
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Inside St. Andrew Kirche |
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Luther preached from this pulpit. |
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