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  • TravelerMigration nordique
    Day 25

    Bel accueil à Geesthacht !

    April 22 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Kerstin et Jens m'ont accueilli avec chaleur dans leur appartement de Geesthacht. Et ils ont été aux petits soins avec moi. Merciiii.
    L'appartement donne sur un bras du port. Au loin, l'Elbe majestueux s'étire jusqu'au barrage protecteur. Ce barrage, le seul sur l'Elbe en Allemagne, protège des variations de niveau les infrastructures et la population en amont.
    La vue est superbe ! Le repas délicieux me permettra d'enchaîner les kilomètres demain.
    A Hambourg, j'ai aimé les constructions avant-gardistes sur les anciens bassins portuaires. Il ne fallait pas que je loupe non plus le quartier "hot" Reeperbahn à San Pauli. Bon, à 10h00 du mat, il était plus cold que hot 😂
    La veille avant d'arriver à Hambourg j'ai été surpris par les régions très basses traversées : marais, digues ... C'est beau mais cela montre bien que l'eau est partout. Les crues de l'Elbe doivent hanter l'esprit des habitants.
    Quand je traversais cette région, mais c'est un peu pareil aux Pays-Bas, mon gps m'indiquait une altitude de 1 m, 2 m, 3 m, 0 m.... Quand on sait que l'altitude est calculée sur le niveau moyen des mers, ces régions apparaissent vraiment vulnérables 😌    Read more

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  • Northern Europe
    31
    Day 3

    Hamburg.

    February 9 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C

    Great Premier Balcony cabin all inclusive drinks package. Great show last night, The 🎪 Circus, it was electric, jugglers, spinning lady by her hair, acrobatic skaters and clowns on trampoline fast and furious, really enjoyed it. Sat in the bar listening to music then while Martin tried all the Gin cocktails 🍸 on the menu.Read more

  • 2024 Südamerika
    Day 6

    Fahrzeugabgabe im Hafen

    September 20, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Wir haben uns entschlossen, die letzte Nacht auf demselben Campingplatz zu verbringen. Am Donnerstag haben wir nun Zeit um unser Womi zu putzen und alles was für die letzte Nacht nicht mehr benötigt wird seefest zu verstauen. Nach einem nebligen Freitag-Morgen machen wir das Fahrzeug abgabebereit.
    Alles was schmutzig werden kann wird abgedeckt. Dann gehts los Richtung Hafen. Dann im Hafen das grosse Warten.
    Nach zwei Stunden können wir dann endlich ins Hafengelände einfahren und das Fahrzeug abgeben. Dann mit U er ins Hotel.    Read more

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  • 2024 Südamerika
    1
    Day 4–5

    Guxhagen - Jesteburg

    September 18, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Wir sind nun ca. eine halbe Stunde Fahrzeit vor Hamburg auf einem kleinen Campingplatz. Obwohl 1000 km deutsche Autobahn ein eher mühsames Unterfangen ist, sind wir doch gut vorangekommen ohne wesentliche Staus.
    Es reicht sogar für einen kleinen Stedtli-Spaziergang.
    Somit haben wir morgen den ganzen Tag Zeit um unseren Camper abgabebereit zu machen.    Read more

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  • TravelerUK / Europe
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    Day 10

    Hamburg… eventually!

    September 12, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Leaving the house in a bit if a panic as I wanted to catch the 8am bus to Hamburg for the day and realised I had no way of knowing how to pay for the trams or buses (no English and archaic systems - no contactless pay to zap on and off) so it was Uber. Well, ‘computer says no’ moment. No cars available 🙄 Thankfully Clara was still home so I ran in and got her to call me one. Arne had left earlier for a mtg in another town. Get to terminal - go to buy ticket - closed! Now I was archaic because I’m sure I could have got one online there and then (I’ve just purchased one now, for Prague). Anyway, I thought - train! Shot over there - tried to keep warm in shops etc until I could get on the train set to leave at 9.30. We sat there for an age and then they said we’d go at 10.30. A guy across the way said this was good - it could be a lot worse. At 11 they said get off! There’s a bus out front. Well the swarm two’s and froe’s around different places with no buses to be seen anywhere and there were way too many people for probably two buses. I decided to head back to Flixbus but went for train refund first - oh you have to apply, fill forms out and wait 4 wks! Took the forms and scarpered. I was just in time for the bus. However- the woman on the desk said she couldn’t give me one because I wasn’t 20 mins early. It sat there, I had no luggage. It wasn’t going yet. Again though - I’m embarrassed now that I didn’t think to buy online. Have no idea why! Anyway - back to train as I knew there was another due at 1.30. Finally - Yes!! So we set off. We stop at a few towns but I did not know that there is a Harburg as well as a Hamburg. I hear the announcement in thick German and of course jump off. And you guessed it - at Harburg! I don’t realise till I get outside and start to map out my first destination and think - that’s not right! Where am I? Look up …. mmmm. Luckily there was another train up on the board but you have to watch like an Eagle. They changed the platform to the other side of the tracks literally in the last two minutes. In this case, I was helping the local! She was confused. We dashed to the other side in the Nick of time.
    Finally I get to Hamburg and raced about … on foot again and got to see the things on my list. I’ll only put a couple of my many photos of Miniature Wunderland up. Something that from quite young, I’ve thought I’d love to see that was so special.    Read more

  • Interrail 2024
    121
    Day 16

    Abreise mit Komplikationen

    September 4, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Hello helloo!🏵

    Pünktlich um 3:40 Uhr verließen wir das Haus und starteten um 4:17 Uhr mit dem ersten Zug nach Oslo zurück. Wir mussten 75min warten und deswegen wurde in der Zwischenzeit gefrühstückt. Danach ging ersteinmal alles glatt und wir starteten in Richtung Göteborg. Die ersten 2h wurde geschlafen (zumindest versucht). Auf einmal blieben wir mitten in der Pampa stehen und es ging nicht mehr weiter. "Technical problems" 😃. Kurze Rede, langer Sinn: mit 1.5h Verspätung kamen wir in Göteborg an und haben unseren Anschlusszug verpasst. Die Sitzplatzreservierung von Hamburg nach München haben wir natürlich schon gebucht, jedoch gab es keine Verbindung mehr, die uns pünktlich nach Hamburg brachte. Die einzige sinnvolle Fahrt nach Hause wäre 10h später am Abend von Malmö aus gegangen. Da wir aber ziemlich demotiviert waren, wollten wir nicht länger in Göteborg bleiben und fuhren direkt nach Malmö. Zu unserem Glück wie sich später herausstellte. Wir fanden einen Flixbus, mit dem wir pünktlich zu unserem Zug in Hamburg ankommen würden. Da wir keine bessere Idee hatten, buchten wir einfach. Wir saßen ganz vorne oben im Bus und hatten Panoramablick auf Kopenhagen! Ums Fähre durften wir auch wieder fahren. Diesmal bei perfektem Wetter und Sonnenuntergang🤗. Glücklicherweise kamen wir ohne weitere Verzögerungen pünktlich in Hamburg an. Den ganzen Müll auf den Straßen sind wir gar nicht mehr gewöhnt vom Norden 🙈. Nun sind wir im ICE in Richtung München, wo wir morgen um ca. 6 Uhr ankommen werden. Zum Glück haben und zwei Deutsche ihr Ladekabel geborgt, denn unseres hat endgültig den Geist aufgegeben.

    Morgen gibt's dann den letzten Bericht unseres Abenteuers!

    Viele schöne Träume,

    Vincent & Lara🌺🌺    Read more

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  • TravelerHeilung Europa tour 2024
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    Day 3

    Hamburg: Showday Inselpark Arena

    August 29, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Here’s the translation to English:

    Today is show day. First, a quick walk through the neighborhood in search of a good cup of coffee.

    I quickly packed everything up and took a taxi to the venue. I have three tasks today: helping with the merch using the SumUp, preparing the shields and spears, and making Gollum Juice (a mix of ginger, lime, thyme, and honey that needs to steep all day for our throats during the show).

    At 1 PM, our warrior training started. I felt so distracted, and it showed. After more than a year without shows, I really needed to get back into it. I also tried Tennet for the first time, which we’re performing tonight.

    Fortunately, I got through it with some forgivable mistakes, but I did feel a bit uncertain.

    After the training, I had a good meal, braided my hair, changed clothes, and applied makeup.

    OH MY GOD, the heat! No one in the band has ever sweated so much on stage. It was so extremely hot that we were afraid we might faint. Even during the show, we had to run to the dressing rooms to reapply makeup.

    It was another good show, with some unique mistakes like a broken spear and forgotten elements, but oh well. On to Berlin!    Read more

  • Travel with CarlEurope Self Recalibration
    Day 24

    Miniature Wunderland - I’m in love 😍

    August 10, 2024 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

    You know I’m going to give you ten out of ten! Ok, if I’m ever missing… this is where to find me. Holy crap this place exceeded my expectations and hit all the right nerd buttons. Planes, trains, models, detail, - real life world in miniature. Honey, shrink me already - stuff the kids. They have day/night cycles, heaps of buttons to press to activate more actions, an airline flight schedule and even real water that has its own tide! Wow, I’m in love! When they said they are open till 1am, I thought who is going at 1am! After arriving at 10pm, I left at 12:30am.

    I’m not going to write much about this place as the photos and videos say so much more (this post is less than 10% of the photos taken). There was a job add and I seriously considered moving to Hamburg and living out my days here driving planes and trains. Although Hamburg gave me a poor first impression (lost bag even though not Hamburg’s fault), I will definitely be returning here in the future to spend more time looking at all the detail and amazement of this great miniature Wunderland! 🤩😍🤩    Read more

  • Travel with CarlEurope Self Recalibration
    Day 23

    Cruising in Hamburg ⛴️

    August 9, 2024 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    No not like that, get your mind out of the gutter, I’m on a boat. The only way to get skip the line tickets to the Miniature Wunderland was to buy a combo ticket with a pre entry cruise. My cruise was for 8:30pm with it advertised as “we have ordered lots of boats, just turn up and go at your time. No waiting.” Alas the tide was high and only a few boats fit under the smaller bridges to get to the dock.

    The crowd now waiting was sorted (in German) between those who can walk 10mins to get to the bigger boat at a different dock and those that can’t. English speakers were classified as those who couldn’t walk. “It’s easier” they say.

    We head onto the boat, similar to the canal boats in Amsterdam. I grab a seat inside by the window then immediately feel the rock and remember getting sea sick on one of these in Amsterdam so move to the small outside section. I grab a centre seat at the back, basically sitting on the engine which makes the seat nice and warm.

    We head out along the old canal area and out into the harbour. I’m not much of a boat lover but with the sun already set the sky is a beautiful colour and the lights on the buildings along the shore is pretty. All the commentary is in German but I understand what to look at (or at least the direction) when the rest of the boat suddenly turn and look to each side. We pass one boat called ‘VB Perfect’ which makes me think of the beer which is anything but perfect.

    Soon we’re in the port of Hamburg getting really close to some massive container ships. I know plane spotters and train spotters, but what’s a ship spotter called? Turns out there are a lot of them on this cruise as heaps of people were snapping photos like crazy of the big ship. Before I realised I was in with them taking heaps of pictures… why? I don’t really care for container ships.

    We went through a lock (not sure of the purpose given the other side was connected to the same bit of water we were just in and then looped around through some dry docks to where we started. By this time it was dark and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg was the star of the show getting lots of pics from everyone.

    Even though I generally don’t like a boat cruise, this was pretty alright. Bonus I didn’t throw up or get overly nauseous! Next stop, Wunderland!    Read more

  • TravelerCésure européenne - 2024
    1
    Day 156–159

    Hamburg: porte d'entrée du Nord

    August 8, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Jeudi 8 août : longue journée à voyager de Brandeburg à Mecklemburg jusqu'à Hamburg 🚄

    Hambourg (ou Hamburg) : 2e ville allemande, 3e plus grand port d'Europe à l'embouchure de l'Elbe. La ville marchande par excellence du nord de l'Europe avec des grues et industries à perte de vue !

    À 18h , je retrouve Amhed ! Un égyptien immigré en Allemagne et ingénieur pour la DeutschBahn à Hamburg 🇪🇬🇩🇪
    Ce très charmant hôte et ami m'accueille dans son studio au nord de la ville, super accessible en U-Bahn.

    Avec Ahmed, on passera la soirée de jeudi, vendredi et samedi ensemble ! On en profitera pour échanger sur nos vies, nos projets, nos voyages et on visitera plusieurs quartiers d'Hambourg ensemble (même ReeperBahn 🔞). Bref, un exemple parfait de ce que devrait être et est l'esprit de communauté de Couchsurfing ❤️

    Le mieux dans cette histoire ? Conversations exclusivement en Allemand ! 🇩🇪
    Du début à la fin, pas un mot d'anglais et seulement quelques mots de français (Amhed chante très bien des classiques français). C'est avec lui que je me suis rendu compte de mon progrès et de mon autonomie réelle à parler allemand pendant des heures.
    Un grand merci à lui pour sa compréhension et les échanges qu'on a eu pendant 3 jours 🥰

    Programme détaillé :
    Jeudi 8 août :
    Rencontré d'Ahmed et visite toute n'a soirée des principaux quartiers de Hambourg ainsi que de l'Elbe. On aura meme l'occasion de longer l'Elbe en ferry ⛴️

    Vendredi 9 août :
    Ahmed est en télétravail. Je visite la ville au petit matin, puis le musée Kunsthalle. Un des plus grands musées d'arts du pays avec de nombreux tableaux du 19e-20e siècle. Dont mon tableau préféré (en image) 🤩
    L'après-midi je retouve Ahmed pour une course de 7km ensemble au Spielpark à côté de chez lui. Le soir on retrouve deux amis à lui pour faire un tour dans Hamburg de nuit et au DOM, fête foraine mythique dans le quartier Pauli 🎡

    Samedi 10 août :
    Ahmed est à un anniversaire toute ka journée. Je suis alors libre du programme, et profite pour aller visiter Lübeck à environ ~70km d'Hambourg. A l'inverse d'une ville moderne et internationale, Lübeck est une ville musée tout droit sortir de l'époque médiévale ❤️🏰
    -> Voir l'empreinte sur Lübeck

    Dimanche 11 août :
    Petite grasse-matinée et au revoir à Ahmed, pour prendre un bus à 11h20 et ouvrir la voie vers le Nord 🚄    Read more

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