A truly wonderful day with a lovely German family. In the morning we all went to Jasmin's local shopping mall by bus. It was very similiar to our Westfield shopping mall at Tuggerah. We all did some shopping, Dad bought a new pair of trousers, mum more chocolate, James some socks, Harry a pair of jeans and a shirt, a soccer ball and some presents for Jasmines Mum and Dad. After lunch we went to a farm outside Hamburg, in Jasmine's parents village. There weren...

Hamburg to Amsterdam All aboard the hamburg IC 2313 for our destination, Amsterdam. Our reservation for the journey had put us incorrectly into second class to the horror of Tom. With Jasmines help we managed to get 3 first class tickets at the reservation office and then the women suggested finding 3 empty seats in first class, which we did. All of our time in Germany was full to the brim with activities. After two jam packed days we head to our friends i...

A chilly 15 degrees was the maximum temperature for hamburg today. It was a huge difference to the warm 24 we enjoyed in Vienna and Italy. Aside from james we all donned our jackets, and jumpers. So now we all have more room in our luggage. Off to the hamburg harbour for a personal tour on the passenger ferry from jasmine. After the ferry ride we jumped Aboard the double decker bus for a guided tour of the extensive hamburg city. By all the signs, the city ...