Day 1 with Mom and Dad

My mom and dad are better travelers than me.  I was so impressed that on their first day here and after a 16 hour long flight (due to long layovers) we were able to go out for breakfast, explore the Rathaus (Hamburg Cityhall), explore my neighborhood, and meet David for dinner.  That would not be the case for me if I were in their shoes.  I think they would have loved Istanbul and now I hope that they have a taste for traveling so that we can do trips together in the future.

Breakfast of tourist champions.  My dad with a beer and my mom with a latte at 10:00am.

Boats gearing up for tourist season on the Binnen Alster, part of the big lake in the middle of Hamburg.

Cafes along the Alster Pavilion.

The Rathaus, which is the seat of city-state government in Hamburg and personally, my favorite building in Hamburg.

World War I monument.  It reads something like, "40,000 sons of the city gave their lives for you." 

Symbol of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg.

We met this nice German lady on the Ubahn when she overheard us speaking English.  She lived in Berlin during the time of the wall and gave us her advice on what to see there.



Head-sized, fried meat is a great first meal to have here.

 

Does mine kind of look like Germany?