Finally Made It!

Hello from Eisenach!! After almost a week of recovering from the jet-lag I am finally able sit down and write about our trip.

The six of us, (Bethany, Ike, Stephan, Brianna, Pastor Trachte, and myself) started our May Term journey in Chicago where we caught an 8 and a half hour over night plan to Frankfurt. It was ROUGH, but over all worth it.

From there we traveled to Rottenburg. There we toured the intercity that has been completely restored to look authentic. Here we experienced our first official bratwurst. (very good!!)

Hello from Eisenach!! After almost a week of recovering from the jet-lag I am finally able sit down and write about our trip.

The six of us, (Bethany, Ike, Stephan, Brianna, Pastor Trachte, and myself) started our May Term journey in Chicago where we caught an 8 and a half hour over night plan to Frankfurt. It was ROUGH, but over all worth it.

From there we traveled to Rottenburg. There we toured the intercity that has been completely restored to look authentic. Here we experienced our first official bratwurst. (very good!!)

The next stop on our trip was in Nuendettelsau. Here we stayed at a missionary for 2 days. Throughout those days we toured the city with Wartburg Seminary alum Horst Becker. He took us to all of the historical sites that the village had to offer, as well as, inviting us into his home for some good conversation where we all learned more about the German culture.

From Nuendettelsau, we continued our journey to Eisenach, with one stop in Nuremberg. This stop was very powerful as this city of almost 100,000 people was over 85% ruble after the war. We went and walked around the main intercity, it was just amazing how they were able to restore everything. One portion of the german culture that struck us all as odd was the fact that all german stores close down between 6 and 7P.M. during the week, and most close around 1 on Saturdays and don’t open at all on Sundays.

From there, it was simple hop, skip, and jump to Eisenach. I was so excited to finally make it here, then realize how hard the language barrier would be, i am struggling but its starting to get easier. :) on the first day, we met the Lord Mayor of the city as well as went on a tour of the city. the next day we started our internships, I'm at the Wartburg Castle and it is just awesome view of the city, and i suppose the work is fun too. :)

That is all I have for now, I am hoping to post a few pictures and some video as soon as I can get the time to edit it!


Auf Wiedersein,


Justin