Thursday, Nov. 15 in Leipzig

St. Nicholas church, founded around 1165. It has been Protestant since Luther brought the Reformation to Leipzig in 1539. In the early 1980’s peace prayer services started here resulting in thousands of East Germans peacefully demanding justice and respect from their government.
St. Thomas Church where Luther also preached in 1539. J.S. Bach was Cantor of the Boys Choir there from 1723 to his death in1750 and was buried in St. Thomas.
The weather has been as changeable as it is in New England! We went into Leipzig’s immense Train Station under blue skies and emerged a half hour later to this surprise.
This is our last night in the Schenkenberger Hof. It is in such an out-of-the-way place, down an alley in a small village, that we’ve lost our way returning to the hotel almost every night! For some reason these mannequins are in the lobby – we jump every time we see them – we’ve named them “Fritz” and “Freida”.