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- 28 juni 2023 18:41
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TysklandHamburgSt. Georg53°33’16” N 10°0’55” E
Dag 18
Today is the anniversary of Lord Howe’s victory over the French Revolutionary Navy on 1 June 1794, always known in naval history as The Glorious First of June.
It was also our last day in Hamburg. We packed our bags (thank goodness we had bought our Hansi) and stowed our luggage.
Our goal on another beautiful day was to walk down to the Kunsthalle, Hamburg’s famous art gallery.
We lasted 15 minutes before stopping for a coffee at Stephansplatz. This was a tactical error as the fragrant odours of fresh bread kept wafting from Nur Hier, a tempting bakery across the lane. We decided it was lunchtime. Cue one of the freshest, most crisp salami rolls I have ever tasted, followed by a luscious Erdbeer Kopenhagener (cream pastry with strawberries).
Google took us down to the top of Alster Lake with fountain playing, boats, and families having picnics on the shore, shaded by bright green leafy canopies from the mature trees lining the path. A wonderful spot for loitering and soaking up the sun.
Another ten minutes brought us to the majestic Kunsthalle building. Here we spent the next two hours wandering from one room of art treasures to another.
Hard to choose the stand-outs, but here goes:
Kaspar David Friedrich: this German Romantic painter of the early nineteenth century painted the immensity and mystery of nature. Most famous is his Wanderer above a sea of fog. 1817. We were also gripped by Moonlight on the sea shore. 1835-36 At first sight it’s hard to see anything happening in this study of gathering darkness and a building storm. But as you look at it, your eye adjusts and you can see patterns of light on the puddles and wet sand, and send the light changing as the moonlight gleams through the clouds. Neil was very taken with The Hut on thr Beach 1820.
A Rodin male nude from 1885. I made a video of this. Rodin has the most extraordinary ability to suggest movement . His bodies balance and flex.
Monet Still Life with Two Apples 1880. Glowing colours and a sense of 4-D. Also Waterloo Bridge 1902.
From the late Middle Ages: A retable (altar frame) from the first St Petri Church. a Mary and Child from 1470, by the Swabian master, still with traces of the colours it was orginally painted.
Neil’s final choice: A portrait of Franz Liszt in old age, warts and all. By Franz von Lembach 1884.
And I couldn’t resist Franz Marc’s Blue Monkeys!
Time for a taxi back to the hotel to muster our growing family of suitcases ready for the move to CroisiEurope’s Elbe Princesse! More on this tomorrow.Läs mer
Resenär
Äs schwemmends Parkhus😃
Resenär Die churze Nächt söe no lo spöre wo der düre gflizt sit 🤣
Resenär Sit dir i däm Fau via Puttgarden über Fehmarn cho? Dert si mir letschte Summer gsi u gö itz de grad no eis, wüus üs dert so gfaut. Gniesset Hamburg u ässet es Fischbrötli für mi. Isch ganz e cooli Stadt. Witerhin gueti Fahrt.
Resenär Genau. Isch sicher schön dert. Ig nime sicher kes Fischbrötli 🤣 Tja, hinech geits ufe Zug u när isch das scho wieder düre.