Leipzig

Our second city in Germany was Leipzig. After the bus ride from Dresden we took another bus tour and then a walking tour of downtown.

This is the largest monument in all of Europe, the Monument to the Battle of the Nations.

The weather here has been the coldest that Europe has ever seen! So we had to cut our walking tour a little short. It was SOOOOO cold... 10 minutes outside and your face and legs were totally numb. Everyone was bundled from head to toe (literally). Hats, scarves, multilple coats and leggings... I'm talking BUNDLED!

Anyway. After the walking tour we had a delicious lunch in the TV tower of Leipzig, that over looks the entire city. The view was fabulous!

After a lovely lunch we went back out into the cold to go see the reason that Leipzig is famous, the Bach church! St. Thomas church is where Bach worked in his time in Leipzig. Walking into that church the history and music was just palpable. It was almost dead silent in the church, but I could still hear Bach composing masterpieces. We even got to see the organ that he composed some of his most famous works on. SO great!

Then it was back on the bus for the ride to Berlin!!