Last night after we all took naps, we split into groups for one last dinner in Erfurt. A few of us went to an Italian restaurant where we got to try to communicate in yet another language :) It was fun and really good. We went to the ice cream place again and told them it would be our last time; they were sad. We had spaghetti ice cream, which is just ice cream in the form of spaghetti. After a good devotion on joy, about half the group ended up at a medieval themed pub, and we enjoyed one last night in Erfurt. This morning we rode about an hour and a half to Eisleben, also known as Lutherstadt. Our great tour guide met us and we went into Luther's birthplace. The actual house had burned, but there was a reconstruction along with a great museum on Luther and his connection to the town. We saw the church where he was baptized and the Luther monument in the town center. Next we went to the church where Luther preached his last few sermons before he died in Eisleben. He was visiting to settle a dispute but happened to die in his hometown. We had lunch in the city and drove about six miles to Schloss Mansfeld, a castle that has been turned into a Christian retreat center. We didn't really know what to expect, but it is a beautiful old stone castle. We all spent a few hours just exploring the grounds, climbing everything, going into tunnels, finding trails. It was so much fun that it didn't matter that it was cold. We had dinner and devotions and many people (including me) are going to sleep pretty early. Tomorrow we are going to do various work around the castle, and we are excited about getting to explore more. Oh and the view of Mansfeld is sooo amazing from up here on the hill!
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