It’s strange how tired one can be after a day of being sedentary. The 10 hour journey on the ferry was pleasant, comfortable and easy. Yet we were all tired by the time we got off the boat and made it to our accommodation for the night. The weather has become uncomfortably humid which doesn’t help.
Our family run hotel has seen better days. It feels pretty neglected on the exterior and in the rooms. However, we think that their energies are going in to the restaurant and the food. We were interested that this family run hotel has many people from Lithuania working here. Perhaps, there has been a change of management. Nonetheless, we got what we needed...rest and good food.
Yes, we are back in Germany and enjoy the familiarity of the decor of a traditional inn like this.
We feel so at home in Germany as we have gotten to know it very well. We did a grocery shop enroute and decided to eat our picnic lunch (from breakfast) in a park. Of course, Barry recalled that the bakeries in the grocery store offer good baking and the 49 cent cold espressos in the store. Now I know why he disappeared back into the store.
Lubeck is a gem. It was the leading city of the Haseatic league. The old part of Lubeck is on an island encircled by the Treve River. One can still ride through the ancient gates to access the island.
The iconic image of Lubeck, the Holstein Gate, built in 1464 which has three towers , is very impressive.
The Rathaus is extraordinary, immense and quite beautiful. Its sheer size and the intricacy of its details are hard to capture on camera. We spent much time here admiring this beautiful structure
Local legend is that the devil helped with the building of St Mary’s church thinking that it would be a wine bar. When he realized that he had been tricked, he dropped a stone slab hoping to destroy it, but he was appeased when a builder promised that they would build a wine bar nearby.
