Hamburg, Germany 3,447 kmWe breezed through Denmark and arrived back in Germany on July 14, which gave us time to make it to Hamburg for Matthias' 38th Birthday. Hamburg is a great town in which to celebrate anything - lots of good food and bustling nightlife along the Reeperbahn (Germany's red-light district/street, and even more famous among Europeans than the one in Amsterdam.) We booked a nice hotel near (yet far enough away from) the Reeperbahn and rode into town and checked in before noon. We had lunch in a nice restaurant in the fish market area. I had to get used to the fact than "Hamburger" fish, or "Hamburger" salad had nothing to do with chopped meat on a bun, but meant that the food was a Hamburg specialty. Still, I kept thinking they served Hamburgers everywhere.
In the afternoon, we walked around the city and then hit the Reeperbahn area. We skipped a sit-down dinner and opted for evening snacks (most notably, Matjes (herring filets) on bread and Doner Kebap) and went from pub to pub. I am quite sure that Matthias enjoyed his birthday, as we didn't get back to the hotel until after 1AM, and as many of you know, it's often difficult to keep Matthias up past 9PM! The next day, we enjoyed breakfast at the hotel, and started off again on the Elbe river, where we planned to catch a train from the next town for points south....
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