Day 12: Wittenberg

Today we went to Wittenberg. It was amazing and we could have spent all day there. It was completely cobblestones and very hard on the feet. Because of the upcoming 500th anniversary of the posting of the theses (in 2017), all the Luther related buildings were covered in scaffolding being restored. We got to see the door, purchase some things in the gift shop, visit the city church and chapel and see Luther's and Melencthon's houses. We ran out of time but also saw the university.

A Snickers Ice Cream...

... that we shared!

Getting excited

Wittenburg Castle Church Steeple

Wittenburg City Church

Piggy showing his love for Martin!

Another one!

Piggy having a Wittenburg Beer

And telling Luther all about it

Showing Luther the Lutheran

Haidee bought a Shirt that says; 'In 1517, Martin head the nail on the head 95 times.'

And checking out the door.

Teaching Piggy the 95 Theses: '1 When our...'

A stream/drain running through the streets

Philipp Melanchthon Statue (Notice the ceiling is the same as the church at Schwerin Castle)

Luther's Statue

City Church Door

Corpus Christie Chapel

Luther's House

Piggy having a snuggle with Katie

Philipp Melanchthon's House

Horsies

This chemist has been in operation for almost 500 years on this spot.

On our way to Buchenwald concentration camp, we hit a couple of good old fashioned European traffic jams and saw our skoda.

Oi! That's mine!

Beinenschtich

The concentration camp was similar to the others with wide open spaces of ruined buildings. A few buildings remained and were set up with memorials. Deitrich Bonhoeffer was there but transferred somewhere else before he was hung.

SS Barracks

Main Gate

Parade Grounds

The plaque at the memorial to the Jews

Information about Bonhoeffer

The train Station

The memorial

We then made our way into Erfurt for the night. We had traditional German food for dinner.