with Shirley and Stanley Romaine, World Travelers/ Photographers
Date: Tuesday, June 12
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Join the Romaines on a remarkable tour of three glorious German cities, heavily bombed during World War II and now restored. Begin in Berlin and learn about centuries of history. See remnants of the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, the Brandenburg Gate and experience Berlin’s rich cultural scene in concert halls, museum island and great opera houses. Then it’s on to Saxony, to Dresden, the capital and Leipzig—showcase cities of Eastern Germany. Here, walk in the footsteps of Luther, Goethe, Handel, Wagner. In baroque Dresden, renowned for art and architecture, see museums, markets, medieval corners, churches, palaces. In Leipzig, called the little Paris, visit the Gewandhaus Concert Hall, the St. Thomas Church, where Bach was music director, and more. Drenched in history and legend, Germany also emerges as astonishingly modern.