The ship arrived in Travemunde, Germany where we took our only shore excursion to the city of Lubeck. The city was built around a castle with cobblestone streets (which are everywhere in Europe).
Ric is standing inside the courthouse that is still used to this day. It was built hundreds of years ago. There are two doors entering the courthouse, one for the not guilty and one for the guilty. The door for the not guilty was smaller as they had to bow there head and couldn't wear their hats.
We also were able to walk through Mary's church that was bombed during World War II. Rebuilt totally except for one of the church bells that dropped to the floor that remains to this day as a memorial.
There was a huge astronomical clock with the faces of the moon, constellations with characters that would revolve and bow around a figure of the pope at the top of each hour.
Outside the church was a statue of the devil that portrays a folk story as to how the church was built. The story is that the builder of the church didn't tell the devil that he was building a church but rather a bar. The devil helped by bringing the huge granite blocks. When the devil found out that he was helping to build a church he was angry and dropped this huge granite block to destroy the church but missed. So the devil is waiting.
The streets of Lubeck were very narrow as were most of the streets in Europe. Narrow houses and narrow streets. Narrow smart cars too.
As the ship pulled away, the whole town of Travemunde perched on the pier and landing to wave goodbye as well as a band playing.
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