On the Wednesday on the second week we went to Hamburg by bus; It was a well organized tour. We were picked up in Dahme at 7.30 and were in Hamburg by 10.30. Hamburg is such a beautiful and busy city - they say it has more bridges than Venice and I can believe it. There is water everywhere and the harbour is enormous, second only to Rotterdam in Europe.
First we went on a harbour tour. It was really amazing to go around part of the enourmous port of Hamburg. The boats and the views and the fresh air was great. The largest container ship in the world was in town and we got right under the bow on the tour. After the harbour tour myself and Eckhardt went down to see the Elbe Tunnel.
This was first opened in the 19th century. What is unusual is that the cars (or horse drawn carraiges) travel vertically down in a huge elevator and then drive out and through the tunnel. The elevators had beautiful wodden doors and an elevator operator in uniform!
Then we had a city tour - which was a little more difficult as it was in German. We saw some fantastic house around the Outer Alster lake - a real millionaires row! We also got to pay a quick visit to the famous St Michel church which is so symbolic of Hamburg. We finished up at the town hall or Ratskeller, where we were set loose in the city for three and a half hours. There was a wine and food festival on in the main square. First we ate lunch and had a glass of wine from Baden Wurtenberg. Then we split up to meet back at the bus in 3 hours. Mags and Katy headed for the shops. Senan and I mooched around the Inner Alster and Ingrid and Eckhardt mainly sat and drank coffee!
Just as we were getting ready to take the bus home Ingrid had the sad news of about her mother.
Town Hall Hamburg, Uploaded by M+MD.
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