The night in the Etap room was quite comfortable with Caitlin between us, since the travel bed would not have fitted in the room. We decided from now on to leave the travel bed in the car, since Caitlin was fine and the disassembling of the bed causes only frustration and arguments.
The breakfast we had booked for 6 euro extra was a buffet consisting of bread with the usual jams and spreads, some sausages, cereals, yoghurt, cheese, juice; tea; coffee. Not what you would get in a regular hotel, but much better than the 2 croissants and jam that you get in a Formula 1 hotel or most Italian hotels. It was filling but not special. Even though we were not too far from the city centre, we decided to look for a parking closer to the centre. Especially with the clouds hanging over our heads. Tinchen had given us a good tip where to park, but we decided to try for a parking near to the famous Holsten Tor.
We were lucky enough to find one without any time limit and got ready for some serious sight-seeing. We unpacked and assembled our Bugaboo and strangely could not move it a single centimeter! After some experiments and puzzling we found that the cable for the brakes was wound around a knob and thus blocked the brakes. What a relief! We headed for the Holsten Tor and bought a small map for € 0,90 with a (very limited) guided tour which we followed as much as possible. Normally the tour would take us 2 hours, but because we went inside many of the landmarks, we spend most of the day.
The Holsten Tor is a late Brick Gothic city gate, UNESCO World Heritage Site and considered a major landmark of Lübeck.
Other landmarks we visited were The Town Hall, The Lübecker Dom and Maria Church, Günter Grass's house, the Salzspeicher (historic warehouses where salt delivered from Lüneburg awaited shipment to Baltic ports) and the Hospital of the Holy Spirit (one of the oldest social institutions of Lübeck).
We took a break at a medieval market, where all the shop assistants were dressed in ancient robes and sold strange things like lutes, mead (alcoholic beverage made of honey) and roasted pig.
In the end we made a quick stop at the factory outlet of Niederegger, a worldwide acknowledged producer of marzipan and sweets. They had a 50% off sale for Easter products, so we bought some stuff for during the rest of our trip.
Next stop: Rostock!
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