Brauerei Heaven

In 1530 Luther stayed in this fortress, Coburg Veste, for six months. As you can see, snow has started to fall in Thuringia (this part of northern Bavaria).
We have stayed 5 wonderful nights at the Grosch Gasthof Brauerei – a brewery that first got its brewery license in 1492!
The Inn is right on the main road from Erfurt to Coburg, so their claim that Martin Luther probably stopped here on his way to the Veste in 1530 is most probably true.
Our last night in the Grosch (Saturday 11/10 – Martin Luther’s birthday) we ate roast goose (yum) for dinner, joining in the German celebration of St. Martin of Tours Day (11/11). Martin Luther was named for the saint because he was baptized on that day – the day after he was born.