I've just spent nearly 24 hours in Hamburg, and no offence to Hamburg, but that's enough.
I suppose it's a nice, normal city, but it's not very big, with not too much to see, and it didn't go off to a great start for us...
As soon as we arrived we headed for the Reeperbahn in St Pauli - a long street known as the 'sexy mile' where The Beatles first launched their international career. It sounds good on paper, but really it was just another red light district that was quite scary with no people around, unlike the tourist crowds of Amsterdam.
We then walked for what seemed like miles and couldn't find anywhere homely to settle (it was dark with dim street lamps which made it all look a lot spookier). We stumbled across the area of Sternschanze which turned out to be one of those cool, hipster-type areas unknown to tourists. The streets are lined with quirky bars, coffee shops and cafés. Everyone spoke German, I felt like I didn't fit in.
That was last night, today we walked along the port and saw, well just a big port really. They are currently re-inventing Hamburg with the construction of HafenCity; creating new living apartments (skyscraper building areas) and a university, however it won't be finished until 2025 so I'm guessing it's going to be pretty spectacular.
Walking through the 'centrum' of Hamburg, it is just your average city. Although, I thoroughly enjoyed the large Lego store, England needs to get one of those.
I ended my time in Hamburg with a much enjoyed visit to Edelcurry, also known as the best currywurst restaurant in Germany!!! Food always cheers me up, and so Hamburg ended on a high.
Oh and Edelcurry was actually a tasty find, and really cheap too.
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