A Walk Through The Town Of Lubeck - #8

Our walk took us to this interestingly designed building. The door and the steps leading up to it are sunken into the building. Also the lower windows are built low as like basement windows. The ground floor is painted a more subdued color while the first floor is painted a bright yellow. Then, there is that huge climbing rose which is trained to curve around the window and over the front steps. It was quite a spectacular view.

Not everyone went for roses. Here is one who chose a plant with delicate purple flowers with rich green leaves against a very light blue wall and door.

I tried but just could not get this fat cat to look at me. It treated me coolly totally disregarding my many attempts to attract it. It must be very well fed from its size and truly pampered. Give me a dog with its waging tail any day. A cat chose to bestow or withhold its affection according to its fancy very much like a…..

We came out of the street a short distance away from the Hospital of the Holy Spirits.

And meet the Seaman’s Guild Building from the other end.

We then decided to take a smaller street and took that street along the Seaman’s Guild building attracted by the overhanging arches.

As we walked along that street, we looked up and saw this lovely façade outlined against a blue sky and white clouds.

We now decided to be even more adventurous in our walk. We turned into a small alley to see what we can find in less traveled places.

A Walk Through The Town Of Lubeck - #7

After the blackbird has flown away, we continued our walk. There was this bicycle leaning against the wall of vines.

We took our time to admire unfamiliar flowers.

Hendrik told me that is an old smoke bucket from East Germany. It is a noisy, smoky, fuel guzzling bone shaker. I forgot what is the made he told me. After the unification, this car disappeared. Now, they treated as a relic, a museum on wheel and is again in demand because of all its notorious qualities. Kind of amusing.

You can see graffiti on the white wall as well as the wall next to the car. It is very sad and upsetting to see this beautiful place being disfigured with ugly graffiti. If this is my town, I will take such pride in it and will do my utmost to preserve it.

It is now used for advertisement. But what is it advertising? Anyone know German out there? Is it advertising for a gourmet café or Buddhist meditation?

Whatever its fault, you can say it don’t have a smiley front. Reminded me of one of the cars in the cartoon movie. It is a quaint little vehicle.

By now we have walked to the edge of the town. It is not a very large town. Across the road, you’ll come to the sea and the port. We did not head towards that direction and instead turn back and took another path to return to where we started.

The tower gate’s architecture showed a Moorish influence.

This is the other gate into the town.

We reentered the town and came across this lovely secluded alley that is higher than the street it is joining to. It is quiet and very cool. It is such a pleasant feeling to be walking leisurely through this historic town.

We can’t wait to discover more of this town where every turn is a pleasant surprise.

A Walk Through The Town Of Lubeck - #5

We continue our leisurely walk down the street, chatting about everything under the sun or it should be clouds wondering when it will dump its load on us. The air is wet, cool and fresh – ideal weather for walking if it does not rain. We came to a particular beautiful stretch of street. What made it even lovelier was that there are no one around, just the two of us. Kind of selfish isn’t it? To want this whole scene for ourselves and we have it that day.

The street would be the same but I know the feeling would be different had I been walking around. Not necessarily worse but different. Walking alone and walking with someone you enjoyed gives you different pleasures.

Flowers with the window sills, white walls with black borders, contrasted with blue lines of the window frame. Color perfect, picture perfect. Silent except the sound of our steps on the cobbled street. No one around to disrupt the harmony. Street walking could not be more ideal.

A yellow house with luxurious green wandering vines that know where to go. “I am different” and “I am beautiful”, it seems to say. And it is both.

Roses are the most popular flowers and I love them. They graced the door of many doors and sprinkled the steps with their colored tears.

White roses against light blue, a subdue tone. Can you guess the character of the owner No. 61?

Red roses climbing up to the upstairs window to declare “I bloom for you”.

A Walk Through The Town Of Lubeck - #3

It was noon and we were a little hungry. Hendrik suggested we had lunch in the “oldest pub in the world” – the famous Schiffer Gesellschaft restaurant in this building of the Seaman’s Guild.

It had a majestic interior that spoke heavily of the past. The dark solid wood contrasted beautifully with the white table top. I had a wonderful dish of giant white asparagus, to read more click on this - The Unique Flavor of the Giant White Asparagus.

When we exited the restaurant, we were surprised that the road has been wet with rain. With our stomach full, we took a leisurely walk and chat down the street. We met fellow walkers and cyclists along the way usually in pair doing what we did.

There are some beautiful pubs along the way.

It would be very pleasant to sit outside in this cool summer weather having a pint.

There are beautifully manicured lawn and flowers. These types of lovely quiet spots are what is missing in most Asian countries especially in the city.

Two white benches among nature’s green and blooming roses. Wished I was sitting there on one bench with my love sitting in the next having a quiet shared moment. It was so easy to day dream in beautiful country.

There were many types of roses everywhere. Here is a purple climbing rose plant against the wall.

From small streets we would come out to main street and would then took other small streets in random. We were making leisurely discoveries and just taking them all in slowly. After so many years of travel, I am finding that I recalled the quiet moments more fondly.