The Tour: Martin & the 11D8N Germany | 21-31 Aug 2016

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The Reformation Tour: and the Bible Germany, 21 – 31 Aug 2016 11D8N (9 Touring Days)

Greetings from International Bible Experiences (IBEx)!

We welcome you to join us on our first-ever Reformation Tour to Germany. This tour is based around the life of Martin Luther: the events and experiences in his life that led him to spark off the Protestant Reformation.

The world will be celebrating the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, and this trip will give travellers a first-hand experience of Luther’s world and work. Leading this tour as our spiritual director is Rev Wolfgang Leuschner, who is intimately familiar with the culture and land of Germany, as well as with Luther’s life and ministry. He has also served for many years in a German congregation in Singapore, making him uniquely suitable for this tour.

Attached here are the details of this tour. To join this tour, please fill up the booking form and mail it back to us.

We look forward to have you on this tour!

Yours sincerely, The IBEx Team

(A) Spiritual Director: Rev Wolfgang K. Leuschner

Rev. Leuschner is a German Pastor and belongs to the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. He has served as pastor-in-charge in four congregations, ministering to people of diverse backgrounds. He has a rich knowledge in Reformation history and its global impact until today. From 1999 to 2005 he ministered to the German-Speaking Protestant Congregation in Singapore. Now, he is retired and is the interim pastor in Singapore for the German Congregation again.

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The Reformation Tour: Martin Luther and the Bible Germany, 21 – 31 Aug 2016 11D8N (9 Touring Days)

(B) Tour itinerary Meals Day Date Program provided/ (Subject to change and availability of sites.) Overnight

Meet at 1840hrs at Changi Airport, Terminal 1 to check in. 1 SUN 21 AUG On flight Departure Flight: TK 55 SUN 21 AUG SIN-IST 2140 – 0405

Transit at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Departure Flight: TK1721 MON 22AUG IST-TXL 0740 - 0935

Arrive at Berlin (Tegel Airport) in mid-morning. B/D Travel to (City of 2 MON 22 AUG Wittenberg). Arrive at mid-day. Overnight in On the way, stop for an early lunch. Check-in at Luther Hotel hotel. In the afternoon, we begin with a guided or similar walking tour of historic town centre, where we visit the famed Castle Church (where Luther nailed his 95 Theses) and other significant buildings. Dinner at hotel.

LUTHERSTADT WITTENBERG > > TORGAU After breakfast, we go on a day excursion. Travel first to Eisleben (where Martin Luther was born). Take a short walking tour of the historic old town B/D and visit Martin Luther’s Birth House (which is now 3 TUE 23 AUG a museum). Overnight in Lunch time, then travel to Torgau. Enjoy a guided Luther Hotel walk of Torgau, which is where Luther preached or similar regularly and where his wife, Katarina von Bora, passed away. Return to Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Dinner at hotel.

LUTHERSTADT WITTENBERG > After breakfast, we will leave Wittenberg and travel 4 WED 24 AUG to Erfurt, where Martin Luther was ordained as a B/D priest and studied theology.

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The Reformation Tour: Martin Luther and the Bible Germany, 21 – 31 Aug 2016 11D8N (9 Touring Days)

Check in at hotel, time for lunch before going on a Overnight in guided tour of Erfurt’s Luther trail in the historical Hotel old town, including sites like the Luther Memorial, Mercure Augustinian Monastery (where Luther served as a Altstadt or monk) and the Collegium Maius (where Luther similar lived as a student).

ERFURT > (day-excursion) Visit Castle (a UNESCO World Heritage site) where Martin Luther, when he took refuge B/D from 1521-1522 after his excommunication. Visit Luther’s study room in the Castle. While there, Overnight in 5 THU 25 AUG Luther translated the into the Hotel . Mercure Guided walk of Eisenach. Visit St. George’s Church Altstadt or (which Luther attended as a young boy) and the similar Eisenach (Luther’s house in Eisenach). Return to Erfurt. Dinner at hotel.

ERFURT > LOEHNBERG After breakfast, we leave Erfurt and stop at to Loehnberg (enroute to Mainz) to visit the church B/D where Rev Wolfgang Leuschner (the Spiritual 6 FRI 26 AUG Director of this tour) had served in. You will have Overnight in the opportunity to interact with German Christians Hotel Krone and a devotional service in the German tradition or similar may be observed here. Overnight in Loehnberg. Dinner at hotel.

LOEHNBERG > MAINZ > WORMS After breakfast, we leave Loehnberg and travel to Mainz to visit the Gutenberg Museum (home of the first printing press). The invention of the printing B/D press enabled common people access to the Bible

and played a significant role in the Reformation. 7 SAT 27 AUG Overnight in Continue to Worms in the afternoon. Hotel Central Visit the (Luther-Denkmal), the or similar largest Reformation monument in the world. It commemorates key figures in the Reformation like Luther, , Savaronola, Melanchthon and John Huss. Dinner at hotel. 3 7 Armenian St, Bible House, #04-02, Singapore 179932 Tel: +65 63373222 l Fax: +65 3373036 l Email: [email protected]

The Reformation Tour: Martin Luther and the Bible Germany, 21 – 31 Aug 2016 11D8N (9 Touring Days)

WORMS B/D Continue touring the Luther Monument before

visiting the (Reichstag) site, where 8 SUN 28 AUG Overnight in Martin Luther defended his beliefs before Emperor Hotel Central Charles V and refused to recant (1521). or similar Dinner in hotel.

WORMS > STUTTGART After breakfast, we leave Worms for Stuttgart for a B/D special tour of the German Bible Society, which

publishes the on behalf of the German Overnight in 9 MON 29 AUG Protestant Church. The Society is also a centre for Hotel textual research and is renowned for their expertise Schoenbuch in biblical translation and publishing. or similar Check in at hotel in Metzingen (nearby Stuttgart). Dinner at hotel.

STUTTGART > MUNICH After breakfast, we leave Metzingen. We will have a stop at the Metzingen Outlet Village for shopping B/D (if time permits).

10 TUE 30 AUG Leave to travel on to Munich Airport. Overnight on

flight Depart from Munich Airport. Departure Flight: TK1636 TUE 30AUG MUC-IST 2030 – 0010

Transit at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Flight: TK 54 Meals on 11 WED 31 AUG WED 31AUG IST-SIN 0150 - 1755 flight

Est. Arrival in Singapore: 1755 hrs

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The Reformation Tour: Martin Luther and the Bible Germany, 21 – 31 Aug 2016 11D8N (9 Touring Days)

(C) General Tour Information Tour Dates 21 – 31 Aug 2016, 11D8N (9 Touring days) Airline Turkish Airlines Tour Cost SGD$3,6281,2 (Per pax; based on twin sharing) Special Promotion till SGD$3,5281,2 (Per pax; based on twin sharing) 31 March 2016 Accommodation 3 - 4 star hotels Registration closes 17 April 2016 1Excludes airport and fuel surcharges. 2Tour cost is based on minimum of 20pax.

(D) Tour Cost Tour cost includes Tour cost does not include

 Return economy class airfare and  Airport and fuel surcharge of SGD$700* land tour (as at 1 Jan 2016) *Subject to changes stipulated by airlines  9 nights twin-sharing  Any increase of airport and fuel accommodation as per itinerary surcharge  Travel insurance  Meals provided as per itinerary

(breakfast and dinner only)  Passport and visa fees if applicable  Professional and licenced English- speaking guide  Air-conditioned tourist bus as per  Meals (e.g. lunch) and other expenses itinerary not stated in itinerary  Entrance fees to all sites in  All expenses of personal nature itinerary  All tips for hotels, restaurants, tour  Single supplement room charge of guides and bus drivers. SGD$330 if applicable  All group transfers from airport to

hotel.  Spiritual Director

(E) How can I register for this tour? 1. Print out the registration form and fill in your particulars. 2. A cheque deposit of SGD$500 is required upon registration to secure your spot. (Please note that the deposit is non-refundable once registration closes.) 3. Mail the form and the cheque deposit to the address stated on the form. 4. Please note there needs to be sufficient number of participants for the tour to be confirmed. 5. Once the tour is confirmed, the balance payment is required by 24 April 2016. 5 7 Armenian St, Bible House, #04-02, Singapore 179932 Tel: +65 63373222 l Fax: +65 3373036 l Email: [email protected]