For New Year's Dave and I decided we better make it count because we probably wouldn't be able to travel again until after Cubby comes in just 8 short weeks!
I think that we did a good job of making this trip count and having a blast. We spent one night in Frankfurt at the coolest Best Western ever! It had a heated massage whirlpool-wave pool thing.
We then drove to Eisenach and met our friend, Dave Stoddard and his brother Brian. Dave and his wife Eowyn are missionaries with Mission to the World in Berlin. Eisenach was a cool town for a couple of reasons. 1. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, so we toured the Bach House. 2. It is a famous town for Martin Luther fans.
Martin Luther went to school in Eisenach and was a choir boy in the Georgian Church. But the real reason Eisenach is a famous Luther town is because it is where he translated the New Testament into German. After Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door in Wittenburg, he was called to Worms and asked to recant in front of the pope. It was there that he said "Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. So help me God." aka "No way Jose." On his way from Worms back to Wittenburg Frederick the Wise (one of the German Princes) had him kidnapped (for fear that he would be killed) and taken to Wartburg, the castle in Eisenach. He hid in Wartburg for 10 months and while there he translated the New Testament. I think it is a pretty amazing story.
OK, so after we spent the night in Eisenach we headed down to Rothenburg, a walled, ancient, Roman city. We walked around, ate a good Chinese dinner, attended an Organ Concert in a 1,000 year old church, and celebrated the New Year by setting off fireworks (or watching others set them off).
On the way home on New Year's day we stopped at a couple other cities along the way. The picture of us is in the town of Dinklesbuhl, another ancient walled city close to Rothenburg.
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If looks don't deceive than that is the coolest Best Western i've ever seen. Sounds like a great trip
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