We initially visited the German city of Lubeck in July 2008. The plan to visit this city was a random decision which was tiny in comparison to the whole trip that we were about to undertake. We had decided some months earlier that this summer we would be doing something different. This something would be part of a plan that took us away from airport lounges and flight delays and instead would see us packing up our people carrier with our tent and three children and making a mini Euro treck across to my husbands parents in his native homeland, Sweden. The route was planned with military precision, taking into account countries passed, currencies required, pit ...  Read the complete review

WHERE? Starting from first principals, not wishing to insult anyone's geographical knowledge, I will explain to you just where Lübeck is. Many will probably have a good idea where Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg or even Cologne are located, but, if a straw poll amongst friends and colleagues is anything to go by, not a lot of you will have heard of, let alone know where, Lübeck, is situated. To start with the clue is there in the other German cities mentioned, yes we are in Germany and you get rather warmer with the mention of Hamburg, which is Lübeck's largest neighbour, approximately forty miles to the south west. Lübeck is located in the far ...  Read the complete review