Hamburg

A reasonably early start at 9 am this morning. We began what was going to be a 3 hour walking tour with a visit to St Michael's church next to the hotel. The interior is far more impressive than the outside. We then wandered down to the harbour. Hamburg is situated on the river Elbe and is almost 100 kilometres from the open sea. Despite this the port is massive. We decided to postpone the rest of the walking tour and to take a 2 hour boat trip while the tide was high meaning that we could sail through the former warehouse district. The cruise was excellent despite the commentary being in German.
After the cruise we visited the tunnel under the river which is serviced by lifts on each side. Each lift can take 2 cars although pedestrians and cyclists seem to be the biggest users these days.
We then had a wander through the red light district to a club where The Beatles played for 10 weeks in 1962 before becoming famous.
It was then back to the hotel for a bit of a rest.
At 5.30 we all met up and went to the top of the steeple pf St Michael's. It is way higher than it looks from the ground and the view is very impressive. Gaye and I then had a light dinner at a local restaurant before calling it a day.Læs mere