Leipzig, Germany 7-14 to 7-16 Bach SeminarSel

Selfie at lunch from 29th floor in Leipzig

A Bach Organ in the Bach museum

Bach statue outside St. Thomas Church where he served.

View from my seat at lunch 29th floor.

Another lunch view.

Lunch, yes I ate the pasta but not the green stuff.

An original Bach manuscript.

Bach, in the museum.

Pulpit and organ in St. Thomas Church.

Sanctuary St. Thomas Church

 

Garden outside St. Thomas Church.

Front view St. Thomas Church.

Street scene Leipzig, Germany

Munich second day 7/12/14 posting at breakfast.

Posting at breakfast trying to catch an early train so this will be brief. Started the touring day at Dachau, stopped off at the BMW museum, and then dinner out! Detail later.

Munich

 This was my last meal in Eisenach, photo below it show those in attendance, a pleasant experience.

    

After a walk in the rain the evening I arrived I made my way back to the center of the old city center.

 

I arrived here just at noon to see the clock strike and see the characters move in the center of the building, huge crowd.

My primary objective was lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe, mission accomplished.

After having no success finding this location after asking a number of people including several police officers I returned to the hotel. I remembered that I had a picture from a trip 3 years ago took it down to the desk and asked where it was and . . .

The previous shot and this one were taken after dusk but the city lights provided enough light to make an interesting shot.

Tuesday July 8, Eisenach, Germany

 After most folks walked up the hill to the Wartburg Castle we began our tour.

 Castle gate

 From the gate a view into the courtyard in the castle.

The tower overlooking the valley below.

 The ladies chambers, very ornately decorated with a very small mosaic work over the entire room

 Ladies chamger view straight up.

 A shot to give perspective of how small the individual tile pieces are.

In the castle's chapel, the cross and baptistry are over 800 years old while the castle itself is about 1,000 years old. 

A scene showing the Miracle of the Roses.

Our group, made up of 25 teachers from all over the U.S.

A unique walk way (sky walk) from one part of the castle to another.

After Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis on the cathedral door, he would be sought out by the Catholic Church but was protected by the local lord in this castle. While there he would translate the Bible into German in this room.

 A view from the top looking down on Eisenach.

The path leading down to Eisenach from Wartburg Castle.