Lubeck and Kiel
Sep. 28th, 2015 10:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitThe next day we went to Lubeck and had a guided tour on the waterways around the old town. It was fascinating and the guide included plenty of historical detail which I appreciated. Lubeck is very pretty, as you can hopefully see.
The coach was heading on to Travemunde for the afternoon, by SM and I decided to stay in Lubeck and spend longer looking around. There were a number of old churches we wanted to see and thought it preferrable to do that rather than spend the afternoon at the seaside.
The Marien Kirche was practically destroyed in the bombing raid, but they have restored it beautifully. I have a particular liking for modern stained glass and they had some wonderful examples - my photo inevitably doesn't do it justice. The second picture is of the fallen bells, which have been left where they fell as a memorial. We also visited the Cathedral, which again suffered badly but has been rebuilt in a very modern fashion, which has a wonderful simplicity.
The day after we went to Kiel, where we had another guided tour of the city, with yet again an excellent guide who provided plenty of historical information.
One of the huge Stena Line ships which go to Sweden, plus the beginning of the Kiel canal. Below is the coach again close to the canal.
One of the tour wanted to visit the grave of his uncle whose plane had been short down at the end of the war. We stopped at the cementary and they were able to lay flowers at his grave in the Commonwealth Graves section.
Modern Kiel is mostly concrete, but there are plenty of green spaces and again St Nikolai Church had some beautiful stained glass.
The coach was heading on to Travemunde for the afternoon, by SM and I decided to stay in Lubeck and spend longer looking around. There were a number of old churches we wanted to see and thought it preferrable to do that rather than spend the afternoon at the seaside.
The Marien Kirche was practically destroyed in the bombing raid, but they have restored it beautifully. I have a particular liking for modern stained glass and they had some wonderful examples - my photo inevitably doesn't do it justice. The second picture is of the fallen bells, which have been left where they fell as a memorial. We also visited the Cathedral, which again suffered badly but has been rebuilt in a very modern fashion, which has a wonderful simplicity.
The day after we went to Kiel, where we had another guided tour of the city, with yet again an excellent guide who provided plenty of historical information.
One of the huge Stena Line ships which go to Sweden, plus the beginning of the Kiel canal. Below is the coach again close to the canal.
One of the tour wanted to visit the grave of his uncle whose plane had been short down at the end of the war. We stopped at the cementary and they were able to lay flowers at his grave in the Commonwealth Graves section.
Modern Kiel is mostly concrete, but there are plenty of green spaces and again St Nikolai Church had some beautiful stained glass.
