Journey: Moorwerder – Hamburg
It was due to be a scorcher today so we took the pups for an early walk to a little beacon called Bunthauser Spitz before driving to Hamburg…with a slight hold up while sheep crossed the road ❤️🐑
Today was the first time we had to refill our LPG…in true Crutchley style we made a complete hash of it. We tried each of our adapters, got sprayed by gas multiple times…asked for help, only for the attendant to struggle, try a different pump, go back to the first pump and it magically work…oh and then we drove off leaving the cap behind 🙈
[Rant alert] Having not learnt from previous city trips, Mark had me driving to an unknown place with no known parking. Despite him seemingly spending two evenings researching Hamburg. What actually happened was I researched it in a fraction of the time by asking a friend who had been/googling/checking forums and writing things down, made a suggestion based on facts, to which he said no and instead made a general stab in the dark by saying fishmarket…I got grumpy and had to Google fishmarket parking and hope it wasn’t barriered and had sufficient space for a motorhome. Thus when finally parked (on third attempt) I was stressed and in a foul mood. I was a right mare and seriously considered exploring Hamburg on my own. 24/7 for over a month with anyone is too long…on the plus it’s tempting me into running again…if only to save my sanity. (I liked him again by mid afternoon 😂).
Anyway we stomped about the harbour area, Elbe tunnel, saw the cathedral…then Mark said he had lost the map…he hadn’t, he had left it in van and I’d picked it up and been an arse and not told him, instead waiting to see how long it would take him to mention it was ‘lost’ #pettyiknow
We took the pups to the Planten un Blumen to seek shade under a tree then treated them to a Subwoofer doggy beer (non alcoholic) at Brewdog. They were so focused on the doggies order, they forgot ours so the dogs got a free doggy beer when our drinks finally came 😂
We then walked down the red light district… If I continue to be a grumpy old goat, Mark might pimp me out to one of the various sex palaces… Jenny I need a crash course in sexy 😂 For a dog who is bum obsessed, Jasper was not remotely interested in my “bumday” pose 😆 I did feel sorry for a young girl when I saw her being asked by her parents to wait outside while they went in the sex shop…ah great yeah that’s fine I will just look at the dildos in the window and pray that’s not what you are buying 😂🙈 #birdsbeesanddildos
From there we went back to the van via the fish market and drive out to the posh bit called Blankense..we drove around for ages looking for parking before conceding they had managed to keep the riff raff out and driving to on to Karolinenstrasse….where we continued to drive around desperately looking for parking. After 2 hours we finally found a spot…the bright side of this is that we have seen lots of Hamburg many tourists haven’t and I can now tell you where the road works are and how much fun it is driving through them at rush hour in circles 🙈 oh and an ambulance added to the fun. I’m getting good at this driving abroad malarky.
Karolinenstrasse is great, lots of boho, local designers and graffiti. As a general rule the higher the density of graffiti the more I tend to like a place. We found a great cafe, a gorgeous dog poster I need but can’t have, a funky bike mechanic making all sorts of wierd bikes and a restaurant (Erikass Eik) that had been recommended but sadly had no veggie option.
We were really unsure whether to spend the evening here but opted to and after some light exercise and fun on a park pole we ultimately saw a lovely water and light show at Planten un Blumen and then had a gorgeous cocktail at Clockers secret bar (they had a black lab and whisky cocktails I was in heaven! – thanks Mia)
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