Hamburg. Have you seen it? We made the trip from Berlin to this lovely port city just a few days ago. Beautiful waterfront, so much to see and do from museums to Repperbahn and lovely hotels with lots of charm. You can have a business meeting, a shopping bonanza, a gallery tour, a lively conversation with a down and out crackhead or an inspiring and/or frightening encounter with a lady of the evening!
The thing we will remember most about Hamburg? On a sunny week day afternoon, the park benches and cafes were...empty! What? No starving artists talking about concepts? No mommies pushing their kids in strollers around the city for the 17th time in one day? No unemployed people lounging over leitungswasser? INCREDIBLE! Instead we saw, business men and women going to and from meetings, offices that were fully staffed and, God help us all, work being done.
This is a city where you get service with an actual smile. UNHEARD OF! A city where you have rare grooves and soothing house music as the soundtrack to your vodka soda instead of brain shattering techno! A city where they put timers at the stop lights to let you know how many seconds you have left to change your radio station or refresh your lipstick! Bravo Hamburg!
We'll be back.
The thing we will remember most about Hamburg? On a sunny week day afternoon, the park benches and cafes were...empty! What? No starving artists talking about concepts? No mommies pushing their kids in strollers around the city for the 17th time in one day? No unemployed people lounging over leitungswasser? INCREDIBLE! Instead we saw, business men and women going to and from meetings, offices that were fully staffed and, God help us all, work being done.
This is a city where you get service with an actual smile. UNHEARD OF! A city where you have rare grooves and soothing house music as the soundtrack to your vodka soda instead of brain shattering techno! A city where they put timers at the stop lights to let you know how many seconds you have left to change your radio station or refresh your lipstick! Bravo Hamburg!
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can i come?
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