After visiting Travemünde, we drove to Lübeck, an old walled fortress city about 20 minutes up the Trave River. Today, Lübeck is a busy port.

I visited Lübeck several times when I was here in 1980. the city has some amazing old churches and buildings, though, unfortunately, many of them were heavily damaged in the war by British bombing raids.

After getting ready for our walking tour…

…we bumped into this devilsih little guy, just outside St. Mary’s cathedral: