Onward to Deutschland



Standing in front of the {not
original} doors. These newer
doors have the 95 theses
inscribed on them



Back to blogging about our trip to Europe... (I'll talk about our Tennessee weekend later, but it was so great!!)

Monday morning, we got up early and took the tube to Heathrow. We made it to our gate. Our flight was slightly delayed getting going, but once we were in the air it was well under 2 hours and then we were in Berlin. Border control and baggage claim took hardly any time at all.

We were greeted by our good friend Daniel and his buddy Robin. The day before, Daniel had emailed and asked what we'd like to do when we arrived. One option was to visit Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Um, yes please!

For those that don't know, you can read a little about it HERE, but this city could really be called the birth city of the Reformation movement. Martin Luther studied here, was a monk and professor here, nailed his 95 theses on the walls of the Castle Church in the city, preached, lived, and is even buried here (as is Philipp Melanchthon).



Luther & Katharina von Bora
lived here



I really should have written this post yesterday, as Luther nailed the 95 theses on the church doors on October 31, 1517.

What a great opportunity to walk the streets that are straight out of the pages of church history books! And Daniel was an amazing tour guide. He is quite the scholar, and shared so many interesting facts and tidbits with us as we walked around.



Grave of Martin Luther



We stopped at a local döner shop for a late lunch. Then we headed to Jena. We had arrived on German Reunification Day, which is a national holiday. Being a Monday, many had gone out of town for a long weekend. Because of this, traffic on the autobahn was horrendous. You've heard stories of speeding down the autobahn, right? Not this time!

We arrived at the home of our dear friends Thomas and Anja just after 8:00 in the evening. We had a delicious dinner and visited for a while, then headed to bed.