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Wittenburg. In the Luther House Museum we spotted a sign
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This table in the museum is where Luther wrote while in
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Street in Leipzig with our group. |
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Home of Phillip Melanchthone, great reformer in support
of Luther's 99 thesis nailed to the church door in Wittenburg |
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Leipzig town hall (Rathaus) in the Market
Platz |
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Schlosskirche
(castle church) in Wittenburg |
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Inside the lovely church. |
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Martin Luther's tomb |
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The door where Martin Luther nailed the 99 theses that
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Stadtkirche St. Marien Wittenberg where our concert was
performed. |
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Our concert performance |
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Lunch break with left to right- Dan & Sharon, Gwen
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Bob and I wait for our meal. |
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Castle Terrace Garden in Bayreuth |
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The Alte Schloss - the old residential palace. |
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Flowers for sale. |
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Fountain outside the Opera House. |
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The Bayreuth Opera House. |
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Inside, the elegant boxes |
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View of the amazing decor. |
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Another view |
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Inside the Stadtkirche. |
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Organ pipes and lovely ceiling. |
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One of the walled city gates of Rothenburg Ab Der Tauber |
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A typical building of the city. |
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Well-known treat in Rothenbrug, the sneeball (snowball)
made with a pie dough crust filled with chocolate and/or fruit. Yum! |
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One of the many fountains on Herrengasse in one of the
numerous city plaetze |
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The Rathaus (city hall) in the main city square,
Marktplatz |
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Bob and friend found at the multitude of shops and toy
stores in Rothenburg. |
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The most well-known spot in Rothenburg Ab der Tauber. |
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A walk along the city wall that circles the city. |
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Notice the peg construction. |
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View from the wall walkway of a typical building. |
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In Oberammergau, a billboard
of one of the last scenes of the Passion Play given every 10 years
throughout the summer with a cast of 2000 locals. |
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One of Kathie Wohlfahrt's stores that sells the
well-known wood carvings found in Oberammergau |
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One of the beautiful muraled buildings that make this
city famous. |
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A view of the stage inside the Passion Play theater for
the six hour presentation. |
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From our seats in row 12, we see the audience behind us. |
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After 3 hours, an
intermission allows play-goers to enjoy dinner at an assigned restaurant. |
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We were served pork, spaetzel and veggies. So
good. |
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And I can't forget dessert -- apple strudel with ice
cream. |
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Another of the lovely
Oberammergau buildings with its amazing murals. |
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Lindhof, a palace of King Ludwig II, known as Crazy
Ludwig. |
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The grounds of the Linderhof |
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The castle and grounds from the top of the hill.
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Cupid Fountain as he shoots his arrow.
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A view of Neptune's Fountain and cascade. |
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Inside the Venus Grotto where Ludwig paid homage to
Wagner and his Opera Tannhauser. The shell boat from the opera was used to
row him around the grotto. |
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Among the many buildings paying
tribute to various themes, such as music and hunting, Ludwig build this
Moorish Kiosk |
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Bob and I admire the mountain
view from Linderhof |
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that told the people Arbeit Macht Frei or Work will make you free. |
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The grotesque tribute to those
who died at Dachau |
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Langdorf - St. Peter's Kirche
where we sang the morning service with 12 of our songs. |
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Inside the sanctuary.
Scaffolding is from maintenance work. |
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Procession of clergy, children
and choir. |
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especially excited because some of Bob's family who live nearby attended
the service. |
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View from the balcony. Bob's
cousins Henri and Lani. He can be seen in the yellow shirt seated to the
left just beyond the robed altar boys. |
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Here is Lani and Henri's son
Herbert with his daughter, Nina at our lunch together |
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My lunch was a German version of
Chicken cordon bleu with fries. |
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Nina enjoyed dessert. |
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At Herbert's, we admired the
garden that Henri built for Herbert. Nina is feeding the fish. |
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In English -- Where flowers
grow, the world smiles. |
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Johannesberries are currants.
They were tasty. |
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Nina decorated our dessert
plates with drawings of the American flag. |
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| Family photo taken by Reinhold
in Herbert's living room - Back row from left are Henri, Herbert and Bob.
Front - Nina, Lani and me. |
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Our last evening with the
chorale group, we had talent night including a "must perform"
for those who were touring for the first time. We had tons of laughs. Ask
Marilyn! |
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