http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Schleswig Holstein , L beck en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:44:54 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:44:54 UTC Lbeck... Lbeck is a very cool town that just screams medieval times. The old town where we were is situated on an island. There are incredible oxidized church towers rising above you wherever you turn and look. There is a great central square where the street market takes place daily with vendors selling all sorts of wares and fresh food. Seemingly every street off the one main road is paved in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-301516.html Photos from the previous blog are now up tooWell I've now arrived in Lubeck a beautiful city indeed thanks lonely planet on a warm and sunny and yes windy day The wind if anything is getting stronger and today I had a gentle 30 miler in the morning to get here. Actually most of the way was a very nice ride following the route of an old railway line through gently undulating countryside http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-281137.html The journey home was anything but fun. After we found out that the airport was not in the town we thought it was I left Inna and Alex in Unterluss and rode the train to Lubeck. By the time I got to Lubeck it was about 1000 pm. I then waited for a bus to take me out to the airport where I intended to spend the night since I didn't want to pay 65 euro for a hotel room for what would amount to a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-233332.html The day II in Hamburg Lbeck. Today's target HamburgWe took an Ubahn Metro train from Ahrensburg to Hamburg because it was the most convenient way of travelling to downtown Hamburg. It took about 40 minutes to get to downtown Hamburg. The city of Hamburg lies at the junction of the River Elbe with the Rivers Alster and Bille. The city center lies around two lakes the Binnenalster Inner A http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-194179.html It could be a typical German bar with an international touch. The place seems rather popular so I enter. It is a nice place. Not a place for single people but since I don't know of anything else in Lubeck I stay. The beer is good. The music is good. They give away little bottles of alcohol something green. A nice little souvenir. A girl walks around with a little basket. She gives out balloon http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-184307.html Lbeck in Northern Germany was one of the richest Hanseatic States. They were traders dating back to the 1400's and probably even before that. If you get here make sure you go to eat at the Schiffergesellschaft Restaurant. I grew up in Plymouth Massachusetts and I know an old house or two that dates back to 1621 or so. But I have to tell you that I got chills sitting at the same tables where sa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-175535.html I am so lucky to be able to travel off the beaten path. Today though the usual mix of a little bit of sun lots of heavy clouds and intermittent downpours my hosts Horst and Waltraud Junglaus from Hamburg offered to drive us my friend Val and I to Travemunde and Lbeck. First we stopped to see some of the ships mostly ferries from Sweden and Finland unload their cargo of trucks. It was l http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-175045.html