Our hotel in Hamburg is the Hotel Atlantic. It's a very nice hotel near the Outer Alster Lake and the St. Georg district. After dropping our luggage at the hotel (our room wasn't ready at 10:00 am), we went for a walk along the lake and into St. Georg.
After lunch, our room was ready so we unpacked and did one of my favorite activities - napping. Well rested, we went for another walk, this time to the Chilehaus, an interesting office building of 1920's Brick Expressionism architecture. All of the buildings in the Kontorhaus District were interesting.
It was then time for dinner. Linda decided that, since we were in Germany, she really wanted pizza. After searching on Google Maps for a good option near where we were and finding none, we headed back to the St. Georg District. Along the way, we passed a demonstration related to Iran. We don't know the focus of it.
We ended up eating at Farina di Nonna, a small chain with stone baked, thin crust pizza. The restaurant was packed and we were lucky to get a table. The meal started off with a complementary shot of beer., but the real stars were the salad and pizza.
That finished off day 1. Day 2 started with me doing a short jog/walk along the lake. Then it was time for breakfast and we went back to Dat Backhus. We had a good breakfast of omelets and coffees for 15 Euro. Compare that to the 44 Euro per person that the hotel was charging for breakfast!
After breakfast, we walked over to the area around the Rathaus, the town hall.
It seems that, several times on this trip, we have encountered set-ups for big events but we've not seen the actual events. No exception today.
After exploring that area, it was time for Linda's big appointment - a haircut! We had tried several times over the past few days but always struck out getting an appointment. Linda thinks that they just didn't want to cut her curly hair. We had found this salon in St. Georg the day before and booked an appointment. Mission accomplished.
And then, it was time for lunch. I really wanted beer and wurst - we were in Germany after all. I found the Hofbrau Munich on Google. The really good news was that, not only did they obviously have beer, they also had vegan options for German food. Let's start with the beer - a good dark beer. Compare it to the previous night's beer. No contest!
Linda couldn't handle the beer but she did enjoy her vegan schnitzel and I enjoyed my vegan currywurst.
The Hofbrau provided an alternative to the Rules of Civility for this post. It's from a sign posted in the restaurant.
According to Google Translate, the sign reads:
Sometimes the glass is half full,
Sometimes it is half empty,
Sometimes it is just half too big.
Words to live by and certainly true of my liter of beer!
Peace, blessings, and wonder,
Linda and Larry
Linda, love your haircut! You were lucky to find the right place.
ReplyDeleteThe vegan schnitzel and currywurst look great! One of my favorite things about Europe is that many restaurants really have excellent vegan options, much better than what we typically find in the US.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Linda’s hair looks fabulous!