{"id":289,"date":"2018-10-10T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/10\/germany\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T02:04:00","slug":"germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/10\/germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nOur five days in Germany were mostly about being with family, but we mixed some tourism in, visiting the city of Hamburg a couple of days.<\/div>\n
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\nMy brother Patrick, his German wife Ines, and their two children live in Pinneberg, a suburb of Hamburg, Germany\u2019s second largest city. We stayed in an Airbnb house a couple miles from their home and it was truly amazing – large, clean, pretty, and only 61 euros a night. The local forest was only a block and a half away and we had a lovely run there. The nearby Hotel Cap Polonio served up some of the best French fries I have ever tasted \u2013 crispy on the outside, most inside, not oily, perfectly salted. They were accompanied by mayonnaise and ketchup, the German way.<\/div>\n
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\nPinneberg has a beautiful Rosengarten, which was a nice destination for a short walk with small children. The roses were in bloom and a group of old men were playing bocce.<\/div>\n
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\nWe ate a lot of bratwurst, currywurst and other kids of wurst. (It was the best!) Also a lot of potatoes, a huge staple in Germany. And lots of brochen (bread). The breakfast pastries were to die for.<\/div>\n
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\nHamburg<\/h3>\n
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\nHamburg, located on the Elbe River, is Germany\u2019s largest port and commercial center. It boasts a lot of energy, style, music and culture. Its many waterways and canals make it feel a little like Venice.<\/div>\n
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\nThe Harbor area is huge. We took a harbor boat ride<\/a> up the Elbe and saw marvels of German nautical engineering, including a humongous dry dock and several Navy ships under construction. We also saw Hamburg\u2019s theater area, reachable by ferryboats decorated to match the shows. Currently playing: The Lion King and Mary Poppins, among others.<\/div>\n
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\nWe walked through the Old Elbe Tunnel<\/a>, under the Elbe River, which used to transport port and shipyard workers but is now an interesting stroll to get a fabulous view of Hamburg from across the Harbor (Hafen). Watching cyclists and rollerbladers navigating through the crowds of families and tourists out for a stroll is very entertaining. The elevators in this structure were massive. <\/div>\n
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\nWe went up to the observation deck of the brand-new opera house, the ElbPhilharmonie<\/a>, known by the nickname Elphy, for glorious river views.  <\/div>\n
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\nWe rode the elevator to the top of St. Michaelis Church<\/a> for awesome 360-degree views of the city of Hamburg.<\/div>\n
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\nWe visited the St. Nikolai Memorial <\/a>(Nikolaikirche), which was bombed out during WWII and never rebuilt. The front fa\u00e7ade remains but the interior is an open shell, left as a tribute to all affected by war. The website calls it \u201cHamburg’s central place of remembrance for the victims of war and tyranny of the years 1933-1945.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nGerman Food<\/h3>\n
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\nFor Bob, who lived in Germany for 4 \u00bd years in the 1980s, being back in Germany was like coming home. And a lot of it revolved about food and drink. He wanted to have a German pilsner and pommes (French fries) in every outdoor restaurant in the city of Hamburg! He wanted to eat all his favorite German pastries \u2013 apfelstruedel, pretzels, franzbrochen \u2013 as well as currywurst and spezi (Coke and German Fanta) from an imbiss (casual, quick restaurant).<\/div>\n
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\nThat\u2019s it for Germany. On to Barcelona! <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our five days in Germany were mostly about being with family, but we mixed some tourism in, visiting the city of Hamburg a couple of days. Pinneberg My brother Patrick, his German wife Ines, and their two children live in Pinneberg, a suburb of Hamburg, Germany\u2019s second largest city. We stayed in an Airbnb house … <\/p>\n

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