Town square of Dresden with opera house. Dresden ( with Leipzig) are renowned for music and arts. Walking tour of town in afternoon. Question for later research... Why was palace ?? called Zwinger?

After Sunday worship, and lunch in Luther's favorite drinking establishment which still has a Luther Zimmer (room) we continued the walking tour of the town started yesterday. The picture is of Luther House. This was a monastery, that Luther and his family lived in with many monks. We saw the private quarters, lecture halls, dining rooms, study areas and cellar where the beer was brewed. Great significance for us Lutherans.

Dinner in the Brau Haus with authentic German cuisine. I had the bratwurst and Kathy has the black pudding. Following this we joined the locals watching the World Cup final which Germany won 1-0 over Argentina. A bit of fireworks and street celebrations happening around midnight but it didn't go on for too long.

After an early start, we took the metro to the Berlin Bahnhof and caught the ICE (fast train) to Wittenberg, arriving at 9.30am. We spent the day acquainting ourselves with W, visiting, amongst many places, the Castle Church (pictured: where Luther nailed the 95 theses on Oct 31, 1517) and city church where he worked and preached over 2000 times. Our scheduled walking tour was interrupted by a thunder storm (how ironic given Luther's pledge during a storm). Main ...

Part 5 was attending evening worship (6pm) at the Berlin Dome.