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Reformation Tour Visiting Switzerland, France, Germany & the Netherlands Reformation Tour Visiting Switzerland, France, Germany & the Netherlands September 20 – October 3, 2018 Led by Dr. Loren M. Scribner Join retired professor of religion and former pastor Dr. Loren Scribner, along with members and friends of Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church, on a journey of Reformation heritage in Europe! We’ll experience the lasting impact of Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, and Martin Luther, among others. Our itinerary includes the important Reformation cities of Geneva, Zurich, Worms, Eisenach, Erfurt, and Wittenberg, as well as the interesting cities and towns of Strasbourg, Heidelberg, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Don’t miss this unique opportunity! LED BY Dr. Loren M. Scribner 734-324-2599 [email protected] TOUR Cost $4,475 per person from Detroit, based on double occupancy Register online at bookings.wittetravel.com use booking code 092018SCRI or complete and return the printed registration form. 22, SATURDAY Your tour Geneva includes: This morning we’ll take a • Flights from Detroit to guided tour that includes Geneva, from Berlin Cathédrale St.-Pierre, where to Amsterdam, and Calvin preached on Sundays Amsterdam back to Detroit, including all taxes and weekdays, and the and fees. Reformation Monument. This memorial, erected in 1917, • Land transportation as outlined in the itinerary contains statues of the four by deluxe, air-conditioned great reformers associated motorcoach, with with Geneva—Calvin, Farel, sightseeing in Amsterdam Beza, and Knox. We’ll also by streetcar or on foot. visit the International Museum • Accommodations in of the Reformation (using moderate first-class to SEPTEMBER/OctoBER 2018 21, FRIDAY audio-guides), which traces superior first-class hotels Arrive Geneva the history of the Reformation based on two persons 20, THURSDAY movement initiated by sharing a room with After changing planes in Depart the U.S. John Calvin. The rest of the private facilities. The Europe, we’ll touch down in afternoon will be free to supplement for single The day of departure has Geneva, clear customs, and explore Geneva on our own accommodations is $780. arrived! We’ll meet at Detroit board the waiting motorcoach. and have an independent • Breakfast daily and seven Metropolitan Airport to check We’ll make a stop for lunch dinner. (B) dinners. in for the flights to Europe. Our and begin our exploration of • Multi-lingual European adventure is beginning! Geneva, often referred to as tour manager to (D-in flight) the “Rome of Protestants.” accompany the group Except for a brief period of his throughout, along with exile in Strasbourg, Calvin lived local guides for guided and worked in Geneva until his city tours and visits. death in 1564. This afternoon • Sightseeing and includes a visit to the World TOUR PACE RIGOROUS admission fees in Council of Churches, where EASY accordance with the the Rev. Dwain Epps will be itinerary. Reformation Monument, our host. We’ll then check in at • Tipping and taxes on all Geneva the hotel for a two-night stay services, including tips to City center, Zurich the tour personnel. and enjoy a welcome dinner. Cathédrale St.-Pierre, Geneva (B-in flight, D) • Use of personal headsets. Cover: Erfurt Cathedral and St. Severus Church, Erfurt 23, SUNDAY Zurich We’ll head northeast to Zurich today, the city of Ulrich Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger. It was here in the Old City that Felix Manz (co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren Anabaptist congregation in Zurich) was drowned in the Limmat River. We’ll have time for lunch upon arrival, and then take a guided tour that includes a visit to the Grossmünster, from whose pulpit Ulrich Zwingli established the Reformation in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. We may also visit the Fraumünster, which is famous for its stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall. us to Strasbourg’s Cathedral Those who wish can attend an Quarter, St. Thomas’ Church, English-language service at the and the charming “La Petite International Protestant Church France” quarter, the city’s well- at 6:00 p.m., and we’ll have preserved historic core. Our dinner at the hotel. (B, D) day concludes with a boat ride on the canals and dinner. (B, D) 24, MONDAY Konstanz, 25, TUESDAY Strasbourg Heidelberg, Schwetzingen Today we’ll travel into Germany for a brief visit to Konstanz, We’ll again cross the French- located on Lake Constance German border today to reach (Bodensee). We’ll stand on the Heidelberg, which has been spot where pre-Reformer Jan the seat of Germany’s most Hus was martyred and see the famous university since 1386. cathedral where some of his We’ll tour Heidelberg Castle trials were held. Hus was the and enjoy a lovely view over link between the Reformer in the Old C ity and the Neckar England, John Wycliffe, and River, and take a break for Luther. Our journey continues lunch. This afternoon we’ll across the southwestern see the Church of the Holy corner of Germany to the Spirit and the Knight’s House. French city of Strasbourg, The rest of the afternoon is at which figured prominently in leisure, and those who wish the Reformation. Calvin was will have an opportunity to exiled here from 1538 to 1541, take the Philosopher’s Walk during which time he was the along the southern side of pastor of a congregation of the Heiligenberg. It is said French refugees. In addition, that university professors and Reformers Martin Bucer and philosophers used to walk Johannes Sturm lived and here to draw inspiration. We’ll worked here. It has often been end the day in Schwetzingen, referred to as the “City of where we’ll check in at the Hope” and the “Refuge of the hotel and have dinner. (B, D) Righteous” by Anabaptists. A walking tour will introduce 26, WEDNESDAY 27, THURSDAY 28, FRIDAY Worms, Mainz, Eisenach Erfurt, Eisenach Eisenach Our morning walking tour An excursion to the delightful Today we’ll take an excursion includes a visit to St. George’s city of Erfurt awaits us to Worms to view the Church, where Bach was today, known as the “Town Reformation Monument and baptized and Luther preached of Flowers,” where Luther plaque where Luther appeared in 1521, while banned from was a university student. before the emperor in 1521, the Holy Roman Empire. We’ll He obtained his degree in along with St. Peter’s Church also visit the Luther House and 1502 and a doctorate in the and the symbolic Luther have time for lunch, followed faculty of philosophy in 1515. Memorial near the town by a visit to the Bach House, We’ll visit the Augustinian square. We’ll then travel to where we’ll find manuscripts, monastery where Luther lived Mainz to see the Gutenberg scores, and portraits recalling and worked; the massive St. Memorial, dedicated to the not only Johann Sebastian Mary’s Cathedral where Luther German printing of the Bible. Bach, but also several other was ordained as a priest; and Our day concludes in Eisenach, members of his family—all of the Krämerbrücke (Merchants’ known for its associations them composers. Then the Bridge), a unique structure with Luther and Bach, where impressive Wartburg Castle lined with quaint shops. we’ll check in at our hotel for awaits, perched on a rocky Afterward, we’ll have a chance a three-night stay and have spur above town. It was to walk around the charming dinner. (B, D) here that Luther worked on Old Town and do some his translation of the New shopping. Upon our return to Testament from Greek to Eisenach, the evening will be the language of the common at leisure for an independent people. This evening, we plan dinner. (B) to have a reception at the Bach House, followed by free time for an independent dinner. (B) Strasbourg Cathedral Wartburg Castle, Eisenach Heidelberg 29, SATURDAY Wittenberg Today is devoted to Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, the “cradle” of the Reformation. Upon arrival, we’ll tour the Lutherhalle, formerly a monastery that was later Luther’s home. We’ll also visit the Cranach Hof; St. Mary’s City Church (Stadtkirche), where Luther preached; and the Castle Church (Schlosskirche). Tradition has it that he affixed his proposals for changes to certain practices of the Roman Catholic Church—later known as the 95 Theses—to the door of the Castle Church in 1517, which marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. This church contains the tombs of Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, Luther’s friend and fellow Reformer. We’ll then have some free time to 01, MONDAY explore Wittenberg. Those who Berlin, Amsterdam wish can attend an English- After a leisurely morning, language worship service, held we’ll transfer to Berlin’s Tegel either at the Castle Church or Airport to check in for the short the City Church, at 5:00 p.m. flight to Amsterdam. Upon Tonight’s dinner will be at the arrival, we’ll transfer to the city hotel. (B, D) center with its picturesque 30, SUNDAY canals lined with old buildings. Berlin We’ll see such sights as St. Nicholas Church, Begijnhof, This morning we’ll travel and Dam Square with its Royal to Berlin, the once-divided Palace, National Liberation city that is now Germany’s Monument, and Nieuwe Kerk dynamic, cosmopolitan before checking in at the hotel. capital. During a panoramic The evening is free for an tour, we’ll see such famous independent dinner. (B) sites as the Brandenburg 03, WEDNESDAY Gate, the Reichstag, Kaiser- 02, TUESDAY Return to the U.S. Wilhelm Memorial Church, Amsterdam and remnants of the Berlin The morning will be on our Our day begins with a visit to Wall.
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