Lutherland Tour with Rev. Erik Boye - Trinity Lutheran Church

                                    Lutherland Tour with Rev. Erik Boye

                                                            June

DAY 1:  BEGINNING OF YOUR TOUR

• Depart from Omaha for an overnight flight to Berlin, Germany.

DAY 2:  BERLIN ARRIVAL

• Upon arrival in Berlin meet your tour escort and board the coach
• Transfer to the hotel for check in
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Berlin

DAY 3: BERLIN

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Enjoy a guided tour of Berlin including famous landmarks: Alexanderplatz, Unter denLinden, Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, the Tiergarten, Column of Victory and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
• Visit the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), an outstanding example of a high-renaissance baroque monument and Berlin’s largest and most important Protestant church
• Lunch on your own
• Visit to Bonhoeffer house. Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Berlin Pastor and professor of theology – resisted National Socialism at a time when tyranny and racism ruled Germany, victimizing religious, ethnic, and social minorities. Bonhoeffer applied his Christian faith and his theological reflections to his everyday actions. This brought him in conflict with the Nazi regime, and he paid for his convictions with his life
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Berlin

DAY 4:  BERLIN - WITTENBERG

• Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
• Drive to Wittenberg, birthplace of the Reformation, city of Frederick the Wise who was patron and protector of Luther. Luther lived here from 1508 until his death
• Lunch on your own
• Meet the local guide for a guided tour. Visit All Saints Castle Church where Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door and which contains the graves of Luther and Melanchthon. See the University where Luther taught, and visit Melanchthon’s House as well as Luther House which is the largest and greatest museum of reformation history in the world. We will visit the Stadtkirche of St. Marien where Luther used to preach and see the Luther monument and renaissance Town Hall
• Check into the hotel
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Wittenberg

DAY 5: WITTENBERG – TORGAU- LEIPZIG

• Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
• Drive to Leipzig
• Stop in Torgau, the political center of the Reformation. Guided tour of Torgau and the Reformation. Evidence suggests that Martin Luther visited Torgau around 60 times. The Torgau Articles were developed here as the basis of the Augsburg Confession, Martin Luther consecrated the castle chapel as the first Protestant Church and Luther’s wife Katharina von Bora died here.
• Continue to Leipzig
• Lunch on your own
• Tour of Leipzig, home to the 13 th century Thomas Church immortalized by Bach, where he served as cantor and choir director. It was here in 1519 that Luther debated Johann Eck, and denied the divine origin of papal supremacy.
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Leipzig

DAY 6: LEIPZIG - EISLEBEN – ERFURT

• Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
• Drive to Eisleben which ranks amongst the most significant of all places having a connection with Luther, although he only spent a little time here – he was born here on November 10th, 1483 and died here on February 18th, 1546.
• During the guided city tour visit the house of Luther’s birth and see the house where he died. Continue with St. Andrew’s Church, where he preached his last sermon and where his body was laid out the Church of St. Peter and Paul where he was christened and the Luther Monument.
• Lunch on your own
• Drive to Erfurt
• Meet the local guide and take a guided tour in Luther’s footsteps, including include a visit to the Cathedral  and church of St. Severi’s with a view of the Kramer Bridge lined on each side with timber framed houses restored to their original condition. Then pay a visit to the important Augustinian Monastery built in 1277 and now beautifully restored. The Monastery contains an exhibition of Martin Luther who was a monk here from 1505 until 1511.
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Erfurt

DAY 7: ERFURT - WARTBURG - EISENACH – ERFURT

• Breakfast at the hotel
• This morning travel to the formidable Wartburg Castle where Luther found refuge during the Imperial Ban
• Visit the Wartburg Castle. The castle was built in the 11th century and is where Luther translated the New Testament in the years 1521-1522 – you will see the “Luther Stube”.
• Lunch on your own
• Continue with a short drive to Eisenach, birth place of Johan Sebastian Bach, whose birth house you will visit to listen to some of his marvelous music played on historical instruments.
• Visit also the Luther House museum 
• Return to Erfurt
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Erfurt

DAY 8:  ERFURT - NUREMBERG

• Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
• Drive to Nuremberg, one of Germany's most colorful of medieval cities.
• Lunch on your own
• Have a walking tour of Nuremberg. See the Old Town, with its landmark churches and the Nuremberg castle, and Albrecht Durer's House where the famous German Renaissance artist lived.
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Nuremberg

DAY 9: NUREMBERG - MUNICH

• ​Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
• Drive to Munich
• Lunch on your own
• Have a guided tour of Munich. See the Marienplatz with the world famous “Glockenspiel” and the twin-towered Frauenkirche, the most familiar landmark of old Munich. Continue on to see the Town Hall, Asamkirche, the magnificent boulevard Feldherrenhalle Ludwigsstrasse Siegestor, the Residenz, the palace of the kings of Bavaria, and the Hofgarten.
• Check into your hotel
• Free afternoon in Munich
• Dinner at the hotel
• Overnight at the hotel in Munich

DAY 10: MUNICH DEPARTURE

• Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
• Board the coach and transfer to Munich International Airport

NOTE: The schedule is subject to change due to various factors and the tour guide’s discretion.