Up early, breakfast and off to the city to begin a tour at 10.30am. We started in a "Hummelbus" an old form of public transport(pictured here). The tour was in German and followed by the English translation. We were able understand most of the German, then checked the English translation. Some of it was easier that others. Sometimes the tour guide just talked too quickly for us!
Some of the buildings around Hamburg are beautiful. In former days, if you were wealthy, you painted your home white. There are a lot of large white houses in Hamburg. Hamburg has the second largest working port in Europe (the largest is Rotterdam)
Hamburg is on the River Elbe, which runs through quite a bit of Germany. We have already had a ferry ride down the Elbe at Dresden. We were able to show the boys the port that our container came off the ship from Sydney, and put on a truck to drive to Berlin! There are many waterways in Hamburg, and it actually has more bridges that Venice!
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