Monday, May 6, 2013
I arrived in Hamburg, on The World, around noon yesterday, May 5th. I was hovering around the exit gate while the ship was being cleared by customs as I knew my friends Ilse and Nils where waiting for me ashore.
Once reunited we went for a short walk before settling for drink on the beach StrandPauli. After a pitstop at their home they took me for a lovely walk to Wasserkunst Hamburg – I adored those little valve houses.
We had dinner in and I stayed the night at ‘Nilse’.
This morning I walked back to the ship and finally got to catch up with Alison, for about 1 hour, before she was off cycling around Hamburg with friends.
On a tip from Nilse I visited Miniatur Wunderland, billed as the world’s largest model railway and it was fun!!! Apart from several extremely detailed (I would not want to have to dust it) country exhibits there is also an airport with planes taking off and landing, very cool!
Later that afternoon I walked back in the general direction of Nilse’s place and we all 3 spent the evening together again.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
This morning on my walk back towards TW, I enjoyed going through Planten un Blomen, an absolutely gorgeous and huge public garden. A very nice way to start the day.
I got back to the ship in time to see Alison and friends off on their 4-day cycling tour from Hamburg to Flensburg.
The rest of the day I spent leisurely walking around HafenCity, Altstadt und Neustadt, before heading off to (N)Ilse for dinner and the evening.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
I have found a photographer to add to my favorites list: Harry Callahan.
Today I visited the Deichtor Hallen; one of the buildings is dedicated to photography and the current Harry Callahan Retrospektive blew me away.
This is my last day in Hamburg as The World is scheduled to sail at 6am tomorrow morning.
