June 2026

We eat lunch at the famous Auerbachs Keller in the Madler Passage which appears in Goethe’s play Faust and still has some great food

From the Central Square we make our way to Nikolaikirche, famous as the starting point of the anticommunist protests, and the surrounding area

We spend a lot of time in and passing through the beautiful Leipzig Central Square as most roads and paths downtown lead to it

We continue to Thomaskirche the famous church in Leipzing where Bach was its music director for over 25 years

First stop in downtown Leipzig is the famous cafe Zum Coffe Baum which even has a small museum about the history of coffee in Germany

We spend two night in Leipzig in a relatively cramped and noisy AirBnB close to the downtown area

We spend the majority of our time in Halle hiding from a thunderstorm inside the quite expansive and interesting Art Museum

We spend some time in the historical town of Halle (Salle) exploring the surprisingly beautiful streets that are hauntingly empty after a strong rain

First stop after getting our car is the Beelitz Heilstätten a former sanatorium since abandoned and now a major attraction

We end the day and our visit to Berlin with a walk through the huge Tiergarten park enjoying the cooler temperatures and finding interesting birds