Pictured above is the Rasputin Keller at the Best Western Premier Grand Hotel Russischer Hof in Weimar where fellow travelers participating in an Invitation to Conversation… …in Germany trip are offered the opportunity to gather each night to share their experiences over, perhaps, a Lutheran tea or other beverage of their choice. This centuries old room carved into the earth and enhanced by the glow of candlelight can offer a sense that one has been transported back in time to the late Middle Ages and the age of European reformations.  

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