Well it's our last day in Hamburg, and we are up early, ready and dressed up for Poppy's big day. We arrived at the O2 centre outside Hamburg at 9.30. It's a centre that holds about 10,000 I'm guessing. The event starts with a gospel choir, some announcements, and then a performance by Andre' Rieu. I wouldn't have minded seeing him, as I was in the front row but Paige really really had to go to the toilet........... There was a didgeridoo player, and then Poppy...

After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we walked to the train station for our trip to Berlin. Only takes 1hr 45 mins to go most of the way across the country, gotta love the fast trains in Europe. When we arrived, we decided to go on a hop on hop off tour of the city. It has 20 stops, but we barely had time to see a few. We passed the Bellvue Palace, a flea market area, and got off at the Charlottenburg Castle. While the castle itself is not open to the public, th...

We had a quietish day today, so we went in to Hamburg CBD thinking we would have some retail therapy, only to discover they are all closed on Sundays. I think Australia could learn from the Germans in this respect. There were restaurants and cafe's open around the lake, but all the retail is closed. So off we went walking the city, and found some lovely things we wouldn't have otherwise seen. After a couple of hours it was back to the room, I cannot shake this j...

Today was the big parade day for Lions Club, which is really the reason we are visiting Hamburg. It was a huge parade which wound its way around the lake in the main CBD. 14 thousand people participated and it was a sea of cheering people , marching bands, and a few weridos thrown in. We were at the parade from 10am till 3pm, then back to the hotel for a shower and change and then off to the International show - which I had no idea what it was. The show was like ...

After another long breakfast at the hotel, we headed to the train station to book a trip to Berlin on Monday. We then walked to a large Hamburg garden called Planten un Blomen, its a huge european garden with a big playground and restaurants. Unfortunately jetlag still has a grip on us so we grab some lunch and head back to the hotel. I booked in for a massage to try and help my neck and Noel took the kids swimming. We decided to have dinner in one of the hotel ...