teddy390bear

Thanks HeinBloed. Much appreciated!

Hi HeinBloed, thank you for all your good and quick info. I think we are leaning towards Hamburg but probably after Lubeck. As for driving, I'm terrified of driving in Europe so that rules that out. :)

So if we do Lubeck first, you said it would work with bus or commuter train. It looks like the HBF is within walking distance to the Old Town. Should walking be adequate to see the Old Town? I was reading up on Cafe Neideregger. Perhaps we can pick up some marzipan for our train ride to Hamburg.

For Hamburg, if we buy the Schleswig Holstein ticket, can I use it for all forms of transportation in Hamburg? I just started doing the research on things to see in Hamburg. Any recommendations? Do you know if most of what we need to see is near the HBF? Should we buy the Schleswig Holstein ticket in Kiel or Lubeck?

And then finally, do you know where our ship will dock in Kiel? I've read that you said depending on where the port is, the walk could be 5 - 20 minutes.

Hi HeinBloed, it's me again. I posted a question for you for Berlin and now I need help for Lubeck.

We are a party of 2 on Holland America Eurodam and we will be in Kiel on June 11 from 6am to 5pm.

We would like to go to Lubeck from Kiel. We don't want to take the 9:44am train to take advantage of the Schleswig Holstein Lander ticket since we think we should leave earlier for more sightseeing. So, we would probably take the 7:44am or 8:44am. Can you tell me how much we should expect to pay for the one way ticket on the RE? Then for the return, I guess depending on how much the one way ticket is, we may buy the Schleswig Holstein Lander Ticket for 30 euros.

We were thinking of taking the 40 minutes train ride to visit Hamburg but maybe that will be too much and too rushed not allowing enough time for both. What is your advice? Do you think 2 hours spent in Lubeck should be sufficient? Then we can take the 11:10 am train to Hamburg and get there at noon for lunch, walk around for 2 hours and take the 14:20 train back to Kiel? Or do you think a ferry to Travemunde would be better from Lubeck? Would the Schleswig Holstein ticket cover the Travemunde ferry?

Thanks for your help!