Slept mostly ok last night (although woke up at 5am). The pillows compress down to wafer thinness so had to use both and keep floofing them up. The sink isn't as good for clothes washing either - quite a bit smaller. The breakfast buffet is quite decent.
Today we headed back north to go to Wittenberg. Martin Luther spent many years there and it was full all sorts of history.
We started at the eastern end of town and made our way west.
So first stop was the little area at the edge of town where Martin Luther burnt the papal bull concerning his excommunication in 1520.
Park next to the Luther Oak
Pretty flowers in Wittenberg
Then into the Lutherhaus which is where Luther lived for much of his life and includes his remarkably well preserved living room and a bunch of paintings by Cranach the Elder.
One of the buildings of the Luther House
Augusteum Luther House
Pulpit that Luther preached from from around 1514
Book in Lutherhaus
Room in Lutherhaus
Room in Lutherhaus
Lectern in Lutherhaus
Painting of Martin Luther by Cranach the Elder
Martin Luther's room in Lutherhaus
Door top said to have been signed by Peter the Great
First edition of Luther's Bible
View west along Collegienstraße
A couple of houses down is Melanchthon's house which has been remodelled on the inside over the years.
Melanchthonhaus
Room in Melanchthonhaus
Desk in Melanchthonhaus
By this time we'd reached the main market square and it was lunch time so we had an hour's break.
Me with globe of the world in Marktplatz
Photo by Mum
I waited a little while for the sun to come out on the Rathaus, then we went to find somewhere warm and a toilet. Even in the shopping centres you have to pay to go to the toilet here. Wrong. So wrong. Had some hot chocolate and shared a donut and warmed up.
Bronze model of Wittenberg
After the lunch break we carried on.
First stop was the main city church.
Western façade of Stadtkirche (St Mary's Church)
Interior of St Mary's Church
The Vineyard of the Lord, by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1569
Baptismal font in St Mary's Church
Interior of St Mary's Church
Organ in St Mary's Church
Statue of Martin Luther in Marktplatz
Western façade of Stadtkirche (St Mary's Church) from Marktplatz
Statue of Melanchthon in Marktplatz
Marktplatz, Wittenberg
View west along Schlossstraße towards Schlosskirche
Then had a look at the outside of the Cranach house.
Photo of Cranach Haus before restoration
Cranach Haus
Printing machine in Cranach Haus (building is now an art studio)
Printing equipment
Mum with statue of Cranach the Elder
Display of Russian/German life in the House of Everyday History museum
And finally reached the Castle church where Luther is said to have posted his 95 theses to the door. Sadly the church is closed off for renovations at the moment for the 500th anniversary of the reformation next year, but we could at least see the doors that have the theses in bronze.
Schlosskirche (All Saints Castle Church)
Bronze doors with the 95 theses Luther posted on the original doors in 1517
Schlosskirche (All Saints Castle Church)
Clock tower on Schlosskirche
The whole town tour went from 10:30am to 3:00pm so it was quite a long day even though we only covered about 1.5km.
Back to Leipzig and we got dropped off at the western edge of town and left to fend for ourselves for a couple of hours. Tried to go up the tower at St Thomas' but it's only open Friday/Saturday. So did a meandering wander up to the Hauptbahnhof, then back through the old town.
Western façade of Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church)
Altes Rathaus - the Old Town Hall
Meissen porcelain clock in a store on Schuhmachergäßchen
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Model train set in the Hauptbahnhof
Aussichtsplattform Panorama Tower and University Church
Fountain in Augustusplatz
Leipzig Opera House
Mendebrunnen
Bronze model of the old University Church (blown up in 1968)
Dinner was at a Czech restaurant. Nice enough, but bread-heavy and almost no vegetables in sight. There was a vegetable soup (with just a few slivers of veggies) and bread, a beef stew with bread (only beef, no veggies), and a sweet bread roll with custard and cream. Too. Much. Bread. And not enough veggies.
Then back to the hotel to do the evening routine.
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