Saturday 3 June

By the canal with its working locks - we saw a rowing boat come through

Raining. Breakfast was very busy but we had a nice cereal, banana, scrambled eggs etc. Then I wrote a few postcards before venturing out into the rain. I only had my skimpy jacket but Richard had his nice new jacket/jumper, and we had one umbrella between us. 



We walked to Stefansplatz station and took the U-Bahn to Jungfernstieg. From there we walked to the Post and bought 6 stamps - a painless process compared to on some holidays.We stopped for coffee by the canal and saw the locks in action, and then walked along the Colonnaden, trying to keep dry. We had soup for lunch at Hier 1st, a nice cafe.

Under the Colonnaden we kept dry

Then we took trains to Kunsthalle. We headed upstairs to start at the top floor where we saw art from the Early Renaissance, German Masters, Italian and Romantic art (Casper David Friedrich) and a few Impressionists. Afterwards we took the bus to Stefansplatz and walked back to our hotel for a rest.

The famous painting by Friedrich

In the evening, back up to the High End bar for a Weissburgunder Rheinhessen. We had booked dinner at Brasserie Flum for 8pm. We walked there via the Dammtor station, and ordered a meal. Service was very slow and they mixed up my order and brought chicken instead of steak au poivre. Eventually we got the right main course and for dessert I had a creme brulee.

The famous Reeperbahn in Hamburg - quite respectable now

Then we took trains to the famous Reeperbahn, the original Red Light district. We managed to find a place to sit outside and got a beer. The street was full of groups of women on hen nights and was quite noisy. We left at 11.30 and were home by midnight.