A little detour

When I looked on the train timetables, I realised that my good friend Philipp was only 3 hours away from Berlin. This was an opportunity not to be missed, and so after some hasty reorganisation, I hopped on a train to see him. He is just about to start exams, so I was really grateful to him for opening his door.

4 Musicians of Bremen

Bremen is much smaller than I expected - my tour from Philipp of the Altstadt lasted about 2 hours, with a 30 minute ice cream break! I did get a picture with the 4 musicians of Bremen though, so I am content.

The next day while Philipp had to attend classes I headed into Hamburg to see the sites. The most impressive was the remains of an old church, with the tower still standing, which is now an anti-war memorial. After that I got a bit lost for a few hours and just wandered round, until I realised I was in a not-so-good area, and made a fast exit. Luckily I made it to the harbourfront, where I just sat and pondered my useless navigation skills.

Some guy

Although Hamburg also has an older part, the feeling I got there was much more of a commercial city than everywhere else I've been.