Sherry's maiden name is Everest and her grandfather was of German descent with the surname Wohlers so today we went to find Wohlers Park.
It was a train ride from the central station and then a walk of around 20 mins to get to the park but on the way we ran into a restaurant sign which was advising all
that were passing that Sherry was special - the restaurant served Nepalese food.
The park was rather delightful and clearly was once a cemetery and while we asked
a few people how the park got its name no one could tell us. The street running alongside the park is called
and there is a pub on the corner bearing the same name
Leaving the park we then walked towards the river and through the red light area known as Reeperbahn, which was as seedy as one would imagine, the best thing
being the Police station. Onwards we tramped arriving at Landungsbrucken which is an area on the Elbe from which river cruise boats run. With our train ticket we could go on
a ferry and we took the 62 which went to a stop on the other side of the river and returned back to where it started, a trip that took around an hour.
The port of Hamburg (Hamburger Hafen) is 110 kms from the mouth of the River Elbe at the North Sea.
Finishing our ferry ride we then found the Alter Elbtunnel which is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel from one side of the Elbe to the other with entry both for people and vehicles being by lift. We walked from one side to the other and then obviously
back again. The walk seemed longer than it looked when we were standing on the shoreline.
On to another train we ventured further north to a delightful "village" called Blankenese which had a Remuera village type feel about it.
We walked around the area for an hour or so before back on the train to Rathausmarkt from there we walked to St Michael's church to go up the tower
for our final look at Hamburg. The city is spread over a vast area but what
particularly struck us was how close the nearest wind turbines were to the city.
The inside of the church was also stunning
Leaving there we moved back to the Rathaus and had our evening meal in the equivalent of Bellamy's - in this city called Parliament Restaurant.
Tonight's meal was Labskaus, a mixture of beef brisket, herring, potato & beet root with a rollmop and an egg on top - to say the least it was interesting!
Our travel ticket today cost 10.40 euro for both of us i.e. one ticket and we took 3 train trips and one river cruise and if we had wanted to we could still be on the system until 6am tomorrow morning - it is a pity that our city father's can't get their act together and price our regional transport similarly.
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