In which Nikos spends a weekend in Hamburg to visit Miniatur Wunderland - the biggest digital model railway in the world! Mrs Nikos searches out the Beatles and escorts Nikos quickly along the Reeperbahn. We stay in a converted water tower in wonderful comfort with a trendy window between the facilities and the bed room.
The Canadair/Bombardier Regional Jet (fuselage made in Belfast, Northern Ireland) gliding over the Elbe on the final approach to Hamburg Flughafen.
Formerly a water tower (wasser turm): the near impregnable Movenpick Hotel - I made three circuits of the restaurant at ground level before a hasty entry through a fire door: it turns out that reception is accessed hobbit style through a tunnel.
A triple bendy bus - a devilish creation of the Hun that will never in the field of human bus design be seen in London (in accordance with Boris' manifesto).
The Reeperbahn barricade - I was obliged to fork out €30 for a doubledeck circular bus tour the next day to take a peek over. Unfortunately my camera was a bit too slow on the boot up to capture the scenery.
Derricks over the Elbe: this could be sung to the same tune as Ferry across the Mersey
Miniatur Wunderland Advanced Motorcycling Group on a ride out.
The fab four (almost).
A birthday cake.
The Hamburg BMW Club Sunday combination ride-out - An F650 rig by the looks of it (with modified front forks).
A stroll through Blom and Voss shipyard is not possible - we made do with some garden of a similar name.
The botanical bit of the gardens - turtles enjoying a Sunday morning "meeting" or cogitate
A War memorial
I have no idea what this is used to convey but it seems that the handlebars are connected in a true sense to the front wheel
