16 July 2014 Hamburg to Frankfurt 25C Sunny I spent some time this morning packing as we are almost on our way home. Before leaving Hamburg, I climbed the St Michael's Tower which is just 50m from our apartment. The views are great and there were a lot of others up there enjoying the scenery. We then set off for the station to go to Frankfurt which is 4 hours by train. Once again it's an ICE which is a very comfortable ride and we get to speeds of 250km per...

15 July 2014 Hamburg Day trip to Bremen 24C Cloudy with sunny breaks Today we took a day trip to Bremen, it was just 55 mins by train on the ICE from Hamburg and in no time at all we had arrived. I had booked a walking tour in English at 2pm so we spent the morning having a look around at the Town Hall and Market Place in the centre of town and then took a look at the Waser River and visited St Martins Church. I then hit the shops which are very central in...

14 July 2014 Hamburg 22C Cool & Cloudy Surprisingly we got a good night's sleep considering Germany won the World Cup, a few horns honking, some fireworks exploding and it seemed to be business as usual today. We took the hop-on, hop-off bus this morning which had a commentary in English via ear phones. It was very comprehensive and we now know a lot more about Hamburg. We covered an extensive area some of which we had not reached on foot, but a lo...

13 July 2014 Hamburg 20C Cool & Showers It's Sunday and we're up and off early to visit the Hamburg Fischmarkt. This is a market that begins at 5am and goes until 9.30am and is a must for all visitors and an institution for all residents of Hamburg. Unfortunately the weather was a bit damp and cool but that did not deter us from checking out a lot of the stalls and purchasing a couple of the local delicacies - fish sandwiches (Fischbrotchen for b...

12 July 2014 Hamburg 22C Sunny This morning we set off in a westerly direction towards the altstadt (old town) via the many canals that are a Hamburg feature. It's international triathlon weekend here and the triathlon was in full swing for the minor classes, over 50's, girls with baskets on their bikes and overweight men;s divisions. There were spectators and a drumming band we passed entertaining the competitors. As we walked by the canals we passed the larg...