As a German living in Germany you should’ve seen most of the big cities, been there several times, know the deal with them. So I was ashamed to keep saying when someone asked me: “No, I’ve never been to Hamburg. I’ve seen half of the USA though…” The last part impressed most people, so I got away rather well, but the truth that I’d really never been there shocked a lot and lastly, it shocked me, too.
So spontaneously I decided on paying Hamburg a visit this summer. Since I newly have a friend in that region, whom I haven’t seen after we met the first time this April, I decided on visiting her. Well that’s what I did. I booked a ticket on the train there, packed my things and off I went.
Because she lives almost an hour out of town, we only stayed in Hamburg for a day. We drove there first thing in the morning and came back late at night. We didn’t do a lot of touristy things. Mostly we just let ourselves go from place to place where we felt like going. We did some girly things, like shoe shopping for dancing shoes, having a blast exploring Finnish decor and buying supplies for making jewelry. Of course we saw some monuments as well. And we visited the art gallery.
Personally, I found Hamburg to be a gigantic city with its own individual charme. The houses are gigantic for thinking you are in northern Germany at the moment, but most of them are made out of the brick of the region, which is why advertising on them is strictly forbidden. This just adds to the specific charme. As well as the canals you have to cross constantly or you find yourself walking along. So much water is a bliss for my soul! To the people, they were quite friendly, but the city was very much crowded with tourists, so you like that you couldn’t meet a lot of locals. Only when you went outside of town, like I did to visit the sister of my friend, you could meet them. And they were super fun and friendly. I even learned a couple of words “Plattdeutsch”, which is the most funny sounding German accent there is! It’s so different and funny sounding that most Germans speaking fluently and perfectly German, don’t understand a thing.
Hope you liked that Photo Diary!
Have you ever been to Hamburg? Comment down below!
Follow me on Bloglovin’: @sunshininwanderland
Follow me on Instagram: @littlesunshine01
Find me on Pinterest:@suninwanderland
Sunshine In Wanderland 
Das Foto aus der Kunsthalle ist nett. Ach, eigentlich ist der ganze Hamburgbeitrag cool 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Danke Danke 🙃 das freut mich!
LikeLike
Now you can full heartedly say you’ve now been to Hamburg whenever someone asks😀. Never would have thouth there was that much water surroung the area.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, I can!! Finally! No more shame 🙂
There is quite a lot of water there, due to the river Elbe upon which a lot of humongous ships ship goods overseas, hence Hamburg has the biggest haven in all of Germany 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
woohoo:) The biggest haven, really? That’s so cool.
LikeLiked by 1 person
hahaha yayy 🙂
Yes, by far the biggest haven in Germany and even the third biggest in all of Europe. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I love the things I learn on wordpress from individuals like yourself. This is really neat:)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow thanks! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ooh, I like the sound of Finnish decor! The quotes are embroidered? I like the use of traditional women’s art form.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh yes, finnish decor is so chic, that store was literally decor heaven – so sad that I was only travelling with a small suitcase and by train..I would’ve bought so much otherwise 🙂
Which quotes do you mean? The ones on each photo?
LikeLike
The quotes in the art installment.
LikeLike
Ahh yes they are embroidered 🙂
That’s amazing! You’d love that wall then, it was gigantic, full of embroidered quotes! Most of them were very deep ones, others gave you a chuckle 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person