Day5 -- Wittenburg LutherHalle, and on to Berlin --
A great morning breakfast, and then back to Wittenburg. We visited Luther Halle on the west end of town, the site of Martin and Katie's home during their married lives. A HUGE cluster of buildings, three full floors and a sub-basement, a former monastery. There they raised a family, adopted children, boarded and tutored students, and hosted any number of Reformation notables during the years.

A quick lunch in Wittenburg, and then on to Berlin! (Luther never got to Berlin...) A short ride there, and a quick tour of the center ("mitte") of town, including the Brandenburg Gates. There was a music festival going on there at the time. Hundreds of visitors and many tours passing through.
Tomorrow we get to see more of the heart of Berlin. Then to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's home in the afternoon.

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED --
Aldi's, the value supermarket chain, is headquartered out of Berlin.

The German "Smart" car is coming to the US next year. Two seater, 2 doors, 2 cylinders, and all of 8 feet long. Basically a well-appointed, enclosed motorcycle. It gets 80mpg.

The printing press was invented by Guttenburg, and he turns out to be German, Who knew?

I ordered an ice cream cone for Carol in Wittenburg. Wanting to show off my German, I ordered "erdbeer" which is the German word for strawberry. He says "What?" so I try again a little louder, "aaiirred-beeer." Then he says in perfect English, "Oh, you want strawberry?" I said "Ja!"