Blogs from Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

It is Tuesday 19th of september and it is far too warm for the time of the year. We are with the three of us. Linda is the navigator, Miss Polo is our unsurpassed vehicle on 4 wheels and I am the one who will drive Miss Polo to a terra which has been incognita for us till now: the Baltic countries. We are on our way to Lübeck, Germany, trying to escape the never ending road works between Bremen and Hamburg. At nine in the morning we left home, somewhere in Schiedam, The Netherlands. The distance is almost 600 kilometers. It is just a little part of the distance we are going to cover the next four weeks. Over 4000 kilometers we will drive. My goodness, that is one tenth of the circumference of our ... read more

Today we ventured out to Lübeck, which is about an hour northeast of Hamburg by train. Lübeck still has its medieval center, ringed by a canal and two of its four gates still standing and in use. We made our way to Hamburg's Hauptbahnhof (main train station) via two buses and the S-bahn, which is akin to our light rail, although not so light and much more heavily used. After getting some cash from the Bankomat, we were able to purchase Fahrkarten for the train from the machines, which only took cash or something called a "Eurocard", which we did not have. I also had the privilege of paying 2 Euro to use the Pissoir, which is exactly what it looks like and actually what they call it. Luckily, we got word from Andrea that she ... read more