Hamburg Quickie 2007

✎ Published: 2007-10-01 10:30:30

I recently revisited Hamburg after two years, primarily to see my cousin and friends. I explored his new centrally located apartment, shopped for clothes, enjoyed the lively Reeperbahn, and attended a vintage car meeting. The trip was a delightful mix of relaxation and socializing, showcasing the vibrant atmosphere of the city.

Hamburg Quickie 2007

First of all I'd like to apologize for the sluggy pre-school english I'm using in this text. I seriously need to emphasize the learning of writing and expression in english again. It's off little use to read tons of english books and watch tons of english films, if the actual writing of english stuff recieves no training at all. So, with that said, I hope somebody will still read this
 text about my recent Hamburg vacation :)

Roundabout 2 years after my last serious visit to Hamburg I finally found some time to start another vacation to this fabulous city. Mind you, of course living less then 3 hours from Hamburg it would actually be easy for me to go there just for a weekend, but tight schedule and a lack of interest in taking on this journey for less than 2 days of actual staying kept me from doing so. Now still being on my university summer break I thought this would be my best shot at another rather lenghty vacation before study and thus the tight schedule comes back haunting me.
So last weeks thursday I drove off to Hamburg with the main intent of visiting my cousin, who has since my last visited moved to a new location which i accordingly hadn't seen yet, and with the secondary intent of meeting many of my friends from the university who, just out of a rather lucky coincident, happened to be in Hamburg just the same weekend.

The other important point on my agenda was to visit my good friend Raphael, who's been living in Hamburg for some months now, but that didn't work out as he was busy moving.
So after I arrived, I went and took a glance at my cousins new flat which is very nice, rather big and located right in the middle of the centre. Can't think of a better place to live, just that it's extremely difficult finding a place for your car. After we had a nice chat about everything which happened over the past weeks we drove off into town. We went to Saturn in order to look for new digital cameras (they had a Canon EOS 350D + 18mm-55mm for 399€, which is really cheap, however I decided against buying it, having just bought a new Camera in San Francisco) and from there went on to stroll through some clothing stores where I bought a new jacked. Later that evening, after way too much red vine, we went out. There's a very well-known Street in Hamburg which is called the "Kiez" (or Reeperbahn) and it's always the host to many parties (as well as being filled with legal and illegal prostitution, much like the red areas in Amsterdam). We went there, and had tons of fun in a small club called "China Lounge".
On Friday Christoph had to work, and I used the time to sleep, visit friends, and stroll through Hamburg on my own. We spend the evening watching DVD's (Lucky Slevin is a MUST-See for those who haven't) and went to bed early.
On Saturday we got up early, went for american breakfast at the Alster (a River / Lake in the middle of Hamburg) where we had the chance to see the new Airbus A380 that was just arriving at Hamburg Airport. After the breakfast we went to a rather big shopping mall with the serious intent of spending some money on clothes. Sadly I didn't find too much stuff, while my Cousin had more luck.
In the evening I went and met with my friends from the university. We drank a lot, had a (mostly) good time and continued to the Reeperbahn. On Sunday there was a American Car meeting in town which we attended with great pleasure. There were a lot of interesting vintage cars, like Dodge, Buick, Mustang as well as new ones like the Hummer, the Hummer H2 and others. I even spotted a DeLorean which I found plain ugly (I'd never seen one in reallife, just in the Back To The Future Movies).
All in All it was a relaxing, and very welcome vacation. I hope I'll be able to go on another Hamburg-Vacation within the next year, though I doubt it a bit thinking about my current track record of visiting Hamburg. Anyway, good times :)