Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg, Hamburg, bahumbug!!

Not really sure where I was going with that, but let's go with it. Did you know that Hamburg has been a part of Germany for less time than California has been a part of the US?

EAT

Breakfast at the coffeeshop (Poststrasse 6A, 20354 Hamburg) because it was the only thing that was open at 8am when we arrived

Lunch at Brucke 10 for its famous fried fish sandwiches on the water

Drink galaos in Portugiesenviertel (the Portuguese neighborhood of the city) at Cafe Cristal (Ditmar-Koel-Straße 20, 20459 Hamburg)

Tried Hamburg beers in the city center at Cafe des Artistes (Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz 70, 20095 Hamburg)

Walked back through the city to have a Portugese dinner at Restaurant Casa Madeira (Ditmar-Koel-Straße 14, 20459 Hamburg). The three of us could have probably ordered one dish and been satisfied, but we each ordered our own entrees and ate as much as we could. Katya and I got fish and Aud ordered fish stew which was the best choice.

SEE

We made a big loop around the city once we arrived to avoid walking back and forth too much. From the train station to the water is about a 40 minute walk (width of main city area). Here's what we did:

- Tried to go to the Alte Rindershlachthalle (Saturday flea market) but it wasn't up and running because of COVID

- Explore Reeperbahn (Hamburg's version of the Red Light District)

- Traverse across the Elbe River in the Elbe Tunnel (sounds boring, but just do it)

- Walk to Nikolaifleet past old warehouse-turned-apartments and St. Michael's Church back to the city center

Oh and during all of this, there were on and off downpours which made me like Hamburg a little less, but its proximity to water (after being landlocked in Berlin for 4+ months) more than made up for the crappy weather.