Day Two: According to Jozey

Though incredibly jet lagged, we dragged ourselves out of bed and made ourselves decent for our first full day in Eisenach.  Unfortunately, the weather did not feel like cooperating and it was raining at a steady pace.  Our first adventure of the day was a walking tour led by a delightful lady who sounded British, though we knew she was German.

Here is some of the wildlife we encountered out enjoying the rain!

Here we see some students rubbing Bach's foot in hopes of acquiring a bit of his musical talent.

This is the birthplace of J.S. Bach.  We will return tomorrow.

Here we are at the beginning of the walking tour.  That is the Wartburg Castle on the top of the hill.

Part of our walking tour took us by the Luther House.

This is the Town Hall and we are standing on the Markplatz.

 After being drenched, we headed back to the hostel for a change of foot attire.  After a bit of drying off we headed back out to catch the bus to Wartburg Castle.

There we had another tour but thankfully this one was indoors.  Gazing at unique column capitals, tapestries, artifacts and a room covered in intricate mosaics about Saint Elizabeth's life, we travelled through 900 years of German history.  What a glorious way to start our trip.

The group in front of Warburg Castle.