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2012/08/05

27th July - Hamburg in the morning

& I'm back

Preparing everything for Ande's stay right now (she'll be here until next week, so probably a small blog-hiatus again...sorry guys), but I already planned this post - here we go

Right after the Lion King Musical we went back to the Hotel and I had my first relaxed night after exams.
Plans for Friday were: Browsing through a few shops in Hamburg  & a little sight seeing in the morning

Small explanation: there are several strike-villages in Germany; Hamburg owns one of them. I saw it for the first time (but it's not as impressing as Frankfurt's is!)
I especially liked the booth you can see below:

It's a kind of "Grab everything you want - give everything you want" booth (for free)!
Heidelberg has the book-only version of this, love the idea.
(my look of the day on the right btw)

Entrance of the small village (the grave says "constitution")

Information booth~

Supermarket around the corner surprised me a lot:
They had tons of "trendy" drinks for rather cheap prices!!


Next to the strike-village there was a small "festival"
That ship-booth was impressing!!

Of course everything in Hamburg is sailor themed

Pirate flag!



Inside of 'Galeria Kaufhof'; I've never seen such a small escalator!

Street Art


Architecture

Stylish trash can

Town Hall

Oh oh oh guys!!! I found a wonderful store ♥♥ some of you may already know it: It's MONKI

Their design is really close to monomanias, just look at the runny black tags! MONKI is owned by H&M and it's a skandinavian brand with Japanese influence skandinavian minimalistic meets japanese street style
Unfortunalety I only bought a very small item...because they have an online shop I thought "okay so let's not spend so much money on your trip, you can buy that stuff online"
HAHAHA - fml of course the 2 items I wanted to order are not available online....


Another cool store I didn't know:
Elbenwald! They offer everything nerdy - like TONS of Harry Potter merchandise, Lord of the Rings, Batman etc...


The weather has been quite amazing usually I hate 30°C but in Hamburg it obviously doesn't feel like 30°C because there's a mild wind coming from the ocean...




Next post will be about my aunts super German home & more (haha)

2012/07/31

26th July - Exams done! Heading to Hamburg!

Good evening dear readers
I've been away for quite some days now, sorry!
People who follow me on Twitter and/or Facebook know I've been to Hamburg
It's a port so expect lots of ship photos with my upcoming posts!! 

Let's start with day 1.
I actually had to write an exam in the morning, so I took my suitcase with me. I was surprised to see another guy with a similiar suitcase right next to me on the train!

Luckily I finished the exam early and so I went to the city to get some lunch before riding a train for 5 hours.
Sake-Don yum~

I've been longing for some Bubble Tea and suddenly noticed this sign:
One of my favorite Bubble Tea stores is now selling Onigiri!!!!
Oh my~ first place that sells Onigiri over here, definitely going to try one tomorrow!!

My luggage

Arriving in Hamburg my mom was already waiting for me. She already went to Hamburg by car in the morning (along with my aunt, 2 cousins, uncle, grandma & 2 foster children - yes, it was stressful).

First stop:

Our Hotel.


Loved the bathroom!!
[and I forgot to bring a white bra D: damnit]



Flatscreen yay!

2nd stop:

Lion King Musical!!!!

[press photo, credits to Lion King Musical]

We actually had to cross a river to reach the venue!!
Exciting!!


Due to us being late the whole ferry boat has been empty!

Sunset...

Arriving at the venue!


Well being late had a big disadvantage..
we were'nt allowed to enter the hall right away. So I took some photos of the area~

During break

The show has been amazing, I loved the stage setting and the costumes!!!
Also some of the actors were really impressive...I was just missing a high point!

Leaving the venue the sun was already gone and we had to wait a few minutes to hop on an empty ferry.
Huge Nana ass! (Niki de Saint Phalle)


Time to head back to the Hotel!
Hamburg Mainstation by night


Stay tuned