Today we started our trip west in Germany from Berlin to Bad Honnef. But we took a little detour to Leipzig, my father’s hometown. Our first stop was at his old apartment, where he grew up. Philip Rosenthal Straße 15. We went there, took a picture and sent to him and grandma. She replied instantly. So much fun!

Our next stop in Leipzig was die Mitte where lunch was waiting. We looked at Thomaskirsche, where Johann Sebastian Bach lies buried. It was an old church from 1212 if I didn’t misread.

We also looked at the old city hall building from 1556 and the new city hall building which was really pompous.

The second leg of today’s journey was 6 hours and in total we have been driving for almost 9 hours, all the breaks included. Not too bad when you share it.

We arrived in Bad Honnef at 19:30 and were greeted with an amazing barbecue dinner. We stayed up late talking about everything and therefore my post tonight is a bit short (and lacking pictures – I will update with pictures tomorrow!).

This is where my father grew up. According to my grandma, the window on the left was her and grandpa’s bedroom, and the window on the right was the living room. The kitchen and children’s room was on the other side, facing the courtyard.

Thomaskirche where Johann Sebastian Bach lies buried.

    
The new town hall in Leipzig was very pomupous.

And the old Rathaus, town hall was indeed very old.

Inner city of Leipzig was very pretty.