Binnenhafen

After an overnight stop in Bilbao, we hopped on a couple of planes and wound up in Hamburg, Germany. It was a bit of a grey and rainy afternoon when we arrived, but after 4 short rides on the metro we bumped into our good mate, Daniel. After we made ourselves comfortable on his pull out bed couch, we headed into Hamburg in search of Currywurst, a German Street food made from curried bratwurst sausage - delicious!

We started the next day the right way with some goods from a German bakery and butchery before we set off to explore Hamburg. We checked out an old bunker building - which is being renovated to have a public garden - and has a night club in the basement. We then made our way into central Hamburg to see the city hall with its very impressive Gothic architecture. Next stop was the Hamburg opera house, which was supposed to be a free visit to check out some of the harbour views, but unfortunately this has recently changed to require a ticket... And finally a walk over the boardwalk to check out the old canals where international goods such as sugar, coffee and spices used to be unloaded.

We made our way back to Daniels apartment with an assortment of German beer and some ingredients to make Vela's signature tomato & egg noodles fish food dinner. It was awesome to stop in Hamburg and catch up with Daniel in his natural environment, and a big thanks to him for hosting us!Read more