Blogs from Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe - page 16

Hamburg!!!!! November 3-9, 2008 “Hamburg is as watery as Venice and Amsterdam. Three rivers - the Elbe, the Alster, and the Bille - traverse it, as does a grid of narrow canals called Fleete…Hamburg, In the mid-19th century an admiring Glaswegian treasurer described Hamburg as the worlds “most mercantile city”. So much history has taken place here and 80% of it was in rubble after World War 2. “ Germany tour book. On November 3rd we left Freiburg in the very south of Germany to travel all the way back up to northern Germany to Hamburg. After a long almost ten hour bus ride we arrived at our hotel. I was soo exhausted I pretty much passed out the second I made it into my room. The next day though a few girls and I took ... read more

With 6 bags between the two of us, getting to and from the airport can be a challenge. We somehow managed to pack our lives back up, including any new items we might have aquired, and began our journey to our new home in Hamburg. Since we’d already been introduced to our new city from the SMM Boat Show back in September, we knew exactly what to expect—which was nice. A few hours up in the air and some 6-bag-tackling later, we were in the taxi and on our way to the Clipper-Elb Lodge—where we’d be residing for the next 3 months. It’s a good location, right by the water and it’s close to bus stops, subways and walking paths. Grant either bikes or hitches a ride with a friend to work (a little over a ... read more

Guten Morgen, It’s around 3:45pm here in Hamburg and we’re taking off for Oktoberfest later this evening. Everything has been great to date! Grant has been very busy with the boat show here. He's working hard and was even given an assignment yesterday-- it's an assignment that came from one of the big guys! I was able to meet with the International School yesterday. The Jr. Director, Nick Ronai, was very nice and I think I’m going to be assisting in different classrooms (pre-school to grade 5), he said I’ll be with the 3- year-olds first and then will perhaps move around some (Grant thought it was funny that I’ll be finger painting for the next couple of months!). I was taken around the school and introduced to the various classrooms and teachers. The 3-year-olds were ... read more

Friday 12th September As is usual when I express any smugness about the weather I get almost instant payback and today was no exception. It may have been a beautifully bright and sunny day in Walsrode when I left - gulping in the warm air with my visor up when below 100kph, but 200 miles south it rained all day. So within an hours riding the temperature dived from 24 to 15 and I was once again riding in the rain. Super. I had been on the A7 most of this week - what an incredible road, well incredibly boring. To think I bemoaned our A1, this road really does go on for ever. It starts in Frederikshavn (at the top of Denmark) and scythes it way down the face of Germany all the way to ... read more

Hej alle, Saa er vi naaet til Hmburg lufthavn og venter pa den lange flyrejse. Vi har shoppet det sidste gear for man skal jo som camilla mener ikke gaa ned paa udstyret :) saa der er koebt seak til rygsaekkene og lommekniv... Vi vender tilbage med mere info senere Knus Camilla og Anders... read more