Day 68-Andando, marizpan, y discotecas

Today was going to be my first full day in Lübeck and I was excited to get to spend time with Ann-ca!  We woke up, had something to eat, which is already a little different from Spain: cereal, lots of breads, like croissants and really delicious things with some jam and nutella.  Then we got ready to go out for the day.  It is crazy how much cooler it is here.  I mean it is not cold but I was in jeans and a cardigan and felt pretty comfortable.  Then we went for a walk with Andre and met up with her dad and his girlfriend.  We walked through the streets, which were just so pretty.  I love the feel of Lübeck because it is definitely a city, but it feels very quaint.  The roads were like cobblestone and the buildings were just very cool.  They first took me to this little tunnel that was cute in some buildings, and you were able to walk through into this little patio area that was cute.  Then we went to the Schiffergesellschaft, which was historic restaurant that used to be a seamen’s guildhall.  Ann-ca wanted to make sure I got to see most of the biggest attractions while I was there, which I appreciated a lot, so we went to the Willy Brandt museum.  He had a huge role in Germany's history because he tried to reconcile East and West Berlin.  The museum was very interesting to me even though I could not understand a lot of it.  

Then we headed to the Niederegger Marizpan factory!  It was one of the coolest places.  Marizpan is a type of sweet that they put into candies, drinks, and cakes.  There was so many different types everywhere and then we went upstairs and saw tons of different sculptures that were made out of marizpan!  One lady was in the back sculpting some different things but she didn't like me taking her picture very much...:)    

Then we headed to St. Jacob’s church, which was very pretty.  Then she made me take my picture with the devil statue outside of the church because they claimed that it tried to get into the church but was not successful.  Apparently it is good luck to rub its horns, so I did but made sure to give it the big thumbs down. 
Ann-ca also needed to stop at her bank to get some money out, but I guess it's very hard to find hers and the hours were weird in a lot of the places, so we had a little bit of trouble.  After a walking around for a little bit though we were able to find one that both her and I could use, so it worked out well!  Then we headed to this cute little coffee shop called, Campus Suite, and I got a latte!  There set up was so cute because they had a lot of these little chairs where you could fit two people and had a little covering over your heads!  I thought it was adorable!  We got to talk for a while as we sat there with our snacks and caught up about a lot of things.  
Then we headed home and got ready to go to Andre's soccer game.  It was a lot of fun to watch him!  He was so good, and both teams were pretty good!  Plus I love to watch soccer and had a lot of fun doing it with Ann-ca!  Afterwards we went home, grabbed a quick snack, and then went out to the nighttime festival down by the water.  This reminded me a little of the ones that I saw in Rome and in Sevilla.  We walked around, tried these little

delicious donut things with sprinkled sugar that kind of tasted like a funnel cake.  Then we continued on, and went to this two clubs.  The one had this group of kids who were going nuts!  They were on the ground in a line acting like they were rowing a canoe!  We danced around there for a little bit, and then walked over to one that was completely outside, which was pretty cool.  We danced for a while there, and when we were both exhausted, we decided to head home.  We stopped quickly at this nut stand because they smelled so good, and I asked to try a few, and Andre was making me laugh.  Then we also stopped by the casino quickly where Ann-ca's mom works and talked with her for a little bit.  Then we headed back, talked for a little while, and called it a night!