Breitungen - Eisenach - Muhlhausen - Lubeck
Distance: 295 Miles
The day started with an unsuccessful trip to a beach/swimming place on the river, which dispite sign posts never materialised... I wasn't so dissapointed as it was a little grey and overcast and not all that warm, Mrs VL on the other hand was, as she had been ooking forward to her "morning bathe".
Knowing that we had a long drive ahead of us, we had to resist the temptation of stopping at the various sights on the way.
I had to lay down the law as, after less than 45 mins on the road, we came into Eisenach and discovered that it was not only J.S. Bachs birthplace but also the location of the fantastic Wartburg Castle, as photo'ed below.
Martin Luther also lived in Eisenach and was resident in Wartburg castle whilst he translated the new testament. We had to miss out on the bus ride up to the castle, with such a distance to cover we had to get some miles behind us.
We continued northwards up the very enjoyble German A- (and sometimes B-) roads, stopping for lunch at Muhlhausen, a very pretty town. Bizarrely we had been searching for a frisbee (no ordinary frisbee but one to match London Sons one that we had so enjoyed in our earlier trip to Our Parents in Ireland ). We were so glad to find finally find them that we bought 3, two different ones for us and one for the neighbours lads.
After lunch, other than a frisbee break, we continued northwards to Lubeck, finally arriving mid evening (around 9:30 p.m.). Fortunately we had also stopped at a supermarket for some bread and cheese a little earlier because finding a hotel wasn't all that easy and in the end we missed out on dinner. Don't panic though, I still had some Belgium beer in the boot so I didn't go completely without nourishment!
The hotel was good, and we slept soundly knowing that the last long days driving was behind us.
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