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Travel the Lands of Faith. Travel the Lands of Protestant Christianity. Protestant/Evangelical Christian Travel. Christian England & the World of C.S. Lewis The European Reformation. Christian England & The World of C.S. Lewis. Highlights.
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Protestant/Evangelical Christian Travel • Christian England & the World of C.S. Lewis • The European Reformation
Highlights • Learn English heritage and rich Wesleyan history on this memorable faith based vacation • See numerous sites associated with John and Charles Wesley, including Westminster Abbey, Wesley’s House and Chapel, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Lincoln Castle, The New Room, and much more • Explore popular cities such as London, York, Oxford, and Bristol
Day 1 (Sat.) Depart for England • Board your overnight transatlantic flight
Day 2 (Sun.) Arrival in London • Transfer to your hotel • Balance of day at leisure • Enjoy this evening’s Welcome Dinner
Day 3 (Mon.) London • Breakfast included • Today enjoy a sightseeing tour of London, including WESTMINSTER ABBEY with its memorial to John and Charles Wesley
Day 3 • Also visit other sites associated with John and Charles Wesley, WESLEY’S HOUSE AND CHAPEL, BUNHILL FIELDS CEMETERY, and ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL
Day 4 ( Tue.)London. Excursion to Canterbury • Breakfast included • Depart this morning for a drive to southeast into Kent the “Garden of England”, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.
Day 4 • Return to London, to visit SPURGEON’S METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE.
Day 5 ( Wed.) London – Oxford • Breakfast & Dinner included • Travel to Oxford and join your Local Guide on a walking tour and visit CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE AND CATHEDREAL. • Also see Lincoln College where John Wesley founded the Holy Club, nicknamed the society of “Methodists.”
Day 5 • With some free time to explore perhaps visit The Eagle and Child pub that was used by Lewis and his literary friends
Day 5 • After lunch continue your walking tour of Oxford visiting MAGDALEN COLLEGE.
Day 5 • At the Kilns, former home of C.S. Lewis, pause for photographs, before visiting HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.
Day 6 (Thu.) Oxford. Bristol Via the Cotswolds Excursion • Breakfast & Dinner included • Travel through the Cotswolds to Bristol • Visit ST. MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH one of the biggest parish Churches in England
Day 6 • Guided sightseeing includes the JOHN WESLEY CHAPEL and THE NEW ROOM, the oldest Methodist building in the world
Day 7 (Fri.) Oxford - Epworth – York • Breakfast & Dinner included • Head to Epworth for some guided sightseeing, visit the OLD RECTORY and WESLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH
Day 7 • Guided walking tour of York with a visit to the Cathedral of St. Peter at YORK MINISTER.
Day 8 (Sat.) York - Lincoln - Cambridge - Milton Keynes • Breakfast & Dinner included • Journey to LINCOLN CASTLE, where Samuel Wesley was imprisoned.
Day 8 • Continue to Cambridge and visit the 500 –year-old KING’S COLLAGE, including the CHAPEL.
Day 9 (Sun.) Milton Keynes –Olney - Bedford – London • Breakfast & Dinner included • This morning travel to Olney to visit OLNEY BAPTIST CHURCH, THE COWPER AND NEWTON MUSEUM
Day 9 • On to the JOHN BUNYAN MUSEUM in Bedford. Arrive back in London. • Enjoy this evening’s FAREWELL DINNER
Day 10 (Sat) • Breakfast included • Your homebound flight arrives the same day.
Summary of Christian England & The World of C.S. Lewis • Tour TW • 10 days including air • Included meals: 8 breakfasts, 6 dinners • Hotels: LONDON Hilton London Metropole, OXFORD Oxford Hotel (F), YORK Ramada (F), MILTON KEYNES Novotel (F)
Highlights • There is no better way to get to know Martin Luther and the Protestant/Evangelical heritage than on this memorable trip. • Explore places where he was born, preached, and is buried. • Discover key sites and cities associated with the Reformation • Also experience a spectacular Rhine River cruise.
Day 1 (Mon.)Depart for Berlin, Germany • Board your overnight transatlantic flight
Day 2 (Tue.) Arrival in Berlin, Germany • Transfer to your hotel • Balance of day at leisure • Enjoy this evening’s Welcome Dinner
Day 3 (Wed.) Berlin-Wittenberg-Eisleben-Dresden • Breakfast & Dinner included • Orientation sightseeing of Berlin
Day 3 • Journey to Wittenberg, Luther’s home for 30-plus years and birthplace of the Reformation.
Day 3 • Visit the REFORMATION MUSEUM, LUTHER’S HOUSE, ST. MARY’S CHURCH, and CASTLE CHURCH where he hung his 95 Theses.
Day 3 • Also see MARTIN LUTHER’S TOMB.
Day 3 • Afterwards travel to Eisleben and visit the HOUSE of his birth and death, as well as ST. ADREW’S CHURCH, where he preached his last sermon and ST.PETER AND PAUL CHURCH.
Day 4 (Thu.)Dresden • Breakfast included • Guided Morning sightseeing includes FRAUENKIRCHE which was built by the citizens of Dresden, HOFKIRCHE which was built by August the Strong After WWII Reconstruction completed October 2005
Day 4 • See Raphael’s Sistine Madonna in OLD MASTERS’ PICTURE GALLERY adjoining the renowned ZWINGER PALACE.
Day 5 (Fri.)Dresden – Eisenach – Erfurt • Breakfast & Dinner included • This morning continue to Eisenach and visit WARTBURG CASTLE, where he translated the Bible.
Day 5 • In Eisenach visit the LUTHER and JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH MEMORIALS and the LUTHER HOUSE. Also visit ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH where he sang in the church ‘s boy choir. • Continue on to Erfurt.
Day 6 (Sat.) Erfurt – Coburg – Frankfurt • Breakfast & Dinner included • Today in Erfurt visit to the AUGUSTINIAN MONASTERY where Luther served as a monk. Also visit the MERCHANTS’ BRIDGE.
Day 6 • Travel to Coburg where Luther stayed in 1530 for the Augsburg Imperial Diet.
Day 6 • Visit COBURG FORTRESS.
Day 6 • Continue to Frankfurt with orientation sightseeing and overnight stay.
Day 7 (Sun.) FrankfurtRhine Cruise and Excursion to Mainz • Breakfast included • Today includes two major highlights – first, a spectacular RHINE CRUISE.
Day 7 • Second, a visit to the GUTENBERG MUSEUM in Mainz to see original copies of the Bible.
Day 8 (Mon.) Frankfurt-Worms-Heidelberg- Rothenburg • Breakfast & Dinner included • Arrive in Worms, where the Imperial Council passed judgment on Luther in 1521.
Day 8 • Visit the CATHEDRAL where Luther presented his case, as well as TRINITY CHURCH, LUTHER KIRCHE, and the REFORMATION MONUMENT.
Day 8 • Next stop, Heidelberg and take pictures of its red-walled castle.
Day 8 • Continue to Rothenburg, one of Germany’s bet preserved medieval cities.
Day 9 (Tue.) Rothenburg. Excursion to Nuremberg. • Breakfast included • On the walking tour of Rothenburg discover sites like ST. JACOB’S CHURCH with the renowned Blood Altar.
Day 9 • Journey to Nuremberg, the first town to accept the Reformation in 1525.