We begin our tour of Germany and Scandanavia in Lübeck. My journey to here on the motorcycle was uneventful - two ferries and two mostly motorway journeys. The bike performed well and is curently parked in the small hotel garage for free. We are staying at the Baltic Hotel near the main bus and train station.
We did a self guided tour of the city centre and saw the famous seven spires of Lübeck. We stopped at the Willi Brandt house, he was a former Chancellor of West Germany and was from Lübeck. We even saw a bit of the Berlin Wall!. After our tour we went to Travamünde for a late lunch. This was a very popular and busy place. We went for a walk on the beach and dipped our toes in the Baltic Sea, me for the first time. All this was a nostalgic trip for Roma who was here in the summer of 1980 working in a pickle packing factory!
Lübeck is a lovely city with lots of bars and restaurants. The centre island is easy to walk about and we loved walking along the canal that surrounds it. Portion sizes in restaurants are way too big. In general, food and drink was good value compared to Ireland. This evening we had a meal for €78 including a cocktail and wine.
Tomorrow, we are off to Copenhagen!
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