Day 198
Hamburg, Germany
Crikey!
That was huge. Our trip from Norway via Sweden and Denmark to Germany was exhausting! It took over 24 hours on the train..and our last leg to Hamburg was HORRIBLE! Well, it started our that way because we decided we didn't need to reserve our seats on the train and when we went to get on, no seats!!! Ohhhhhh
We finally found our way to the first class carriage and settled in for the last leg, and our last eurail journey...Fancy that....since March, we've spent four of those months 'eurailing' in Southern and now Northern Europe!
No wonder i'm SICK OF TRAINS!
Regarding the eurail passes...it's definitely worth paying the little bit extra to get first class tickets!
So Saturday night was spent in Hamburg!
We didn't have accomodation so we looked for the red light district and our hotel..which i'm not actually joking about..we've found the most budget places are near the sex outlets..and so far, haven't had a problem staying there at all!
After putting our bags down we headed for the Hamburg Pub next door!! It was so funny too..It was obviously a local pub where newcomers were looked at sceptically..because when we went in, the 3 guys at the bar went deathly quiet.....
Until we ordered our Jever bier (yummy) and practised our terrible German!
The next day we explored Hamburg and went to a chinese exhibition which was interesting..and had another beer at the Hamburg yacht club (and watched the race) and just relaxed..
We also took a sightseeing tour just to find out a bit more about Hamburg..and saw all the canals..apparently there used to be a lot more than there are now but they blocked them all in. There are lots of bridges too..and Amsterdam is the only place in Europe that has more than Hamburg!
Hamburg is considered the Venice of the North...i wonder how many more Venice of the North, South, East, West...a world can take!!!! ha!
Another point that fascinated me was there are over a hundred consulates here in Hamburg! Only Hong Kong and New York have more!
We're back to Euro's and back to getting the paper a bit cheaper! Madeline is still making news..now the Portugese police are blaming the parents and we read that they think they dumped her in the sea! Gosh.....what a drama that has been. It happened just a few days after we were in the Algarve (May 3rd) and it's still making news! I hope they find out what happened...but i keep thinking she's only one in so many that go missing around the world every year...
Dinner was at the Hamburger fest in the main square...
We had HOTDOGS!
Off to Frankfurt next...(probably have hamburgers there! haha!)
