So we were in Bacharach for two nights, then on the third day we took a really dumpy train to Hamburg (through Koblenz). I figured maybe y'all aren't super humans with your German geography (Landeskunde), so I made this map with all of my stops:
So anyway, after Bacharach we ended up in Hamburg. Here we stayed with a friend and fellow Ole, Lennart Brombas, and his family. Lennart met us at the train station and showed us the town. The next day was a more serious tour of the town.
Hamburg
It was pretty chilly. We wandered around most of the city. It was very pretty. We even took a boat out on the river Elbe.
land near Lennart's house
Then the third day (again, we spent two nights in Hamburg), Lennart drove us up to Kiel on the Baltic Sea for the afternoon. The Baltic Sea is spectacular. Pristine. Gorgeous.
perfect
marina
So I don't really have anything to rank, because we didn't spend money on anything. Free housing (not to mention extremely nice hosts!) and free tours always get five stars. For those of you who don't have a Hamburger friend (ha, Hamburger), you can take a guided bus tour of the city for €10. Or you could just grab one of their maps of the tour's stops and walk it yourself.
Right now I'm in Berlin (I've been here for a couple of days now), but tomorrow we're off to Leipzig and Dresden. There I will also have internet, so you can look forward to another post, this time with photos from BERLIN!
