Hamburg

Hey guys! Here is my update from my time in Hamburg!

Wolfgang picked us up at the train station in the morning. Cara and I were very tired, so we got to nap in the afternoon while Wolfgang and Barbara were at work. At night, Barbara cooked a delicious meal, including scalloped potatoes which I actually liked! They were really good!

The next day, Wolfgang and Barbara took us on a tour of Hamburg. We drove to the Saint Michels church first. We went to the top of the tower and looked out over the city. It was a very beautiful view, but it was really windy! We then walked through Hamburg, visiting many places and seeing many sights. We saw the huge tower of a church that had been bombed in WWII and the only part of the church that stayed standing was the huge tower. We walked around the harbor a little bit, and it started getting cold and rainy and dark, so we walked back to the car and drove back.

On Sunday Wolfgang, Nora (Jasper’s sister), Cara and I went to the tropical aquarium in Hamburg. This was pretty cool, we saw some neat animals and some sharks. When we got back Barbara, Wolfgang, Cara and I walked down to the River Elbe and walked along there. The weather was sunny, and it was a very beautiful walk. We saw some ships (although it was Sunday, so there wasn't the usual traffic of giant freight ships.) At night, all of us went to the Block House (a steakhouse) for supper, and it was really good.

On Monday, Barbara and Wolfgang had to go back to work so Cara and I had our own adventure in Hamburg. We went to the immigration museum in Hamburg and learned some things about where Cara's family came from, that was pretty cool. We then walked around in the city until we were tired and headed back. We then had a quick supper and left to go meet Nora and Marika (Jasper's girlfriend, who goes to school in Hamburg.) We met Nora and went to a billiards hall where Marika met us a little bit later.

Tuesday Cara and I went into Hamburg again. This time we finally found some spaghetti eis! This is ice cream that has been put through a playdoh-type cutter to make it look like spaghetti and has strawberry sauce and white chocolate shavings on top, so it looks just like spaghetti, but is ice cream!!! This is about the best stuff ever! Tuesday night we had a nice supper with Wolfgang and Barbara and then packed up for school.

Ooops, one really cool thing I forgot to include. Monday evening (about 5 pm) we had just gotten back to the Franke's house, and we heard a reallllllly loud crash. It sounded like a huge thunder crack that is very, very close! The crazy thing is, we found out the next day, it had actually been a 500 pound bomb from WWII. As Wolfgang told us, they occasionally find bombs buried that had not exploded during the bombings, and sometimes (like in this case) they cannot disarm them because there is too much corrosion and weathering. So, they drive the bombs (very carefully) to a little island and blow them up. This one just happened to be way more powerful than they had originally thought, and many people close to the island actually had their windows broken!!

Welp, we are in Leicester now, and we are still very busy, so I will update you all on that very soon! Love you all