I'm going to write the entire Reformation week in One Blog.
First we made our way to Munich to pick up Dr. Cleaver unfortunately his plane was delayed so Jerry dropped us off at Berlin so we didn't have to wait for the plane. We walked around Berlin and now all of us agree that this was our lest favorite place. WE COULD NOT FIND THE BERLIN WALL! It didn't help that Jerry gave us a map from 1995 so the streets changed. Goodness. We went to Checkpoint Charlie and that was about it. We met Dr. Cleaver and then headed for Dresden which was our first stop to the Reformation tour.
I Enjoyed the little town of Dresden. This was probably one of my favorite little towns we have ever been to. We took great pictures and only spent a day here. Nicole, Jeff, and I walked around the town a little longer. Jeff bought a sausage-hot-dog-thing with a bun and Nicole and I got warm waffles dipped in chocolate. Yummy. The next day we made our way to Wittenburg.
The Wittenburg Hostel was so nice. And the hostel had a ping pong table that we could play on. We had tournaments and we learned a lot. We learned Jerry is one heck of a ping pong player. I'm not kidding, he beat us all and we didn't even have a chance. It was so fun to play and hang out with our group and have fun with Jerry. Our hostel's location was amazing as well.
Our hostel was right next to the church Luther nailed his 95 theses. We just walked down the sidewalk and got to see these doors. They have been casted in bronze because the original ones burnt down in the fire. They now have Luther's 95 theses casted in the bronze. After we toured this church we headed to the other main church in Wittenburg. Here we met an old couple and they were so sweet. The man gave us photos he took of the city. Jerry hurried us along and made us finish the tour then we were free. A lot of us wanted coffee and apple strudel, once we walked in we saw the couple! They were so sweet so we joined them and have coffee and dessert. There was a little bit of a language barrier but Andrew translated as much as he could.
When we went to take this picture the lady grabbed me and sat her down next to me. She was squeezing me because she was so happy. Aren't they adorable. The next day we went to tour the Luther house and we saw them again. He had printed this picture of all of us and gave them to us. It was crazy. He had found us and had these pictures ready, I miss them. Nicole has their address and is sending them postcards. They were the sweetest couple we have ever met here in Germany
After lots of ping pong and Luther we made our way around the Reformation Tour. I wish I could remember all of the places we went as well as their names. Nicole, Andrew, and I were really tired of traveling because of Paris but we kept ourselves in a good mood. At least this trip we didn't have to plan anything we could just sit back and relax and let Ambex do all the work. We came back to Regensburg and were wiped out.
Another week of normal Regensburg which is wonderful. Really feels like home.
Liebe, Courtney Baker
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