Autobahns!

We entered Germany in the afternoon. Georgia was the driver, and yes, she was stunned by how fast the cars would approach us from the back: No speed limits in the Autobahns!!! (I later experienced this myself, but didnt manage to exploit the rules with a stuffed 206 1.4l...)

Hamburg is mostly a large industrial city like Oslo, however there are plenty of historical buildings around and the canals make it really cute. We had some delightful German beer in St Pauli (which is a small Amsterdam). Sorry lads, only very few english laggers are comparable!

The city centre is dominated by the impressive canals and the harbour. But the Hamburgers have something else to look forward to: The "Harbour City", which is due in the following years. A new city was being created, at the time of our visit they were carried out the infrastructure works (eg metro) and a few sky-scrapers. Really amazing project.

We also visited the old Russian submarine U-434, which rumours say it reached the New York city coast. Amazing how narrow every room, passage and working place is in the submarine. Nice experience to be in a real submarine!!

Hamburg, Germany