(Sidenote: I will never be able to eat hot dogs again. The wurst came with mustard and a petit slice of white bread unsure what to do with the latter, I dipped it in mustard and used it to spread the condiment on the wurst. I bought a Thüringer Bratwurst from a little Imbiss for lunch. In fact, I did buy a little trinket for my sister and a roll of film for myself. For some reason, there were a lot of middle-aged Polish couples…The souvenir shops, restaurants and snack bars were incredibly tempting, too. The harbor was packed with tourists and captains looking to take them on tours. Pauli Landungsbrücken for all of the bridges, it was beautiful despite the overcast skies. My first morning, I picked up a Müsli Ecke (Muesli Corner) from a train station kiosk and set off to the famous Hafen (harbor). Tourists flocked to the harbor and its tempting shops despite the bad weather. Score! Backpackers who bought food and couldn’t eat it all before leaving the hostel would put it on the “free food” shelf, and many people cooked delicious-smelling food while I was there. The lounge area was marvelous, with WiFi and lots of couches. I stayed in a room with seven other young punks, mostly from Germany, France or Australia, but they were all quite and respectful. 1 in my student’s Germany guide’s section on Hamburg, and it did not disappoint. I stayed at the InstantSleep Hostel near the Hauptbahnhof. Woohoo! Actually, I thought the landscape passing me on the train looked a lot like Oregon’s. So, let’s start with Hamburg…Īfter the long weekend of long days and late nights dancing in Berlin, I hopped on a two-hour train to Hamburg in North Germany, famous for being flat and rainy. Sorry, all! Now I’m in Köln (Cologne), have WiFi and have some back-blogging to do. Unfortunately, having been without it for the last five days or so, I have been unable to post to my blog. Ah, the Internet! A wonderful thing, I think.
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