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Here are some more shots from my archives.

Hamburg, Germany – 2012

Welcome to Hamburg! I found this awesome place to stay through air b n b's website.

The balcony.

The view. There's a bakery behind that big yellow truck; though I never went to it. Believe it or not, I was still eating on groceries that T and I bought in Dusseldorf!!!

Here's my pad. This very nice young man rents out his one spare room (mit Balkon!). I was able to use the kitchen AND his bike!

One morning during breakfast, I watched a German TV show, a cooking contest. It was loads of fun!

My roommates! Recognize bat-angel from Laos? Mon amie comes from the Czech Republic.

Not long after I arrived in Hamburg on an unusually sunny Sunday, I hopped on my host's bike and took a spin around Alster lake.

Taking a break!

They build their buildings differently in Hamburg.

See? And the sky's a bit thick too.

I felt a bit dizzy at times.

So I sat down for a spell and watched all the people pass on by.

Here's what they look like.

And Alster See. When it's DER See it's a lake; when it's DIE See, it's THE sea. Yep, that's German for ya.

Such a beautiful day it was!

And you can imagine how many more sunset shots I took!

The night before I watched a German television show that my host hipped me too; it was fun--kind of their answer to Monk. This building was one of the backdrops.

I'm home!!! Though I reckon it'd really need to be SusanennnnJanennnnstra?e.

A nod to our Aunt Hannah Pedersen. That means lobster, Tony; yeah, I know the other meaning . . .

Yeah! Took me a bit by surprise too!

Seems they began doing SUP (standup paddling) in the middle ages.

And this guy wasn't too happy about Hawaii claiming rights to starting this sport!

Heard about this tunnel under the Elb (that's a river; it's crosses through Hamburg btw). It opened 100-years ago, and they let pedestrians and bikers go down for free.

The question remained: do they let you out for free too?

Ze bike. Seems red bikes love to find their way to me!!! : )

Oh where or where is . . .

J e u s u s . . . ? There! Yes, Jesus lives, and there's a Salvation Army in Hamburg. From what I could see biking around this one area, probably lots of people needed ze help.

It looked like a still-life to me. It was some guy's lunch.

Parts of Hamburg reminded me a lot of NYC.

And then the harbor . . . wow, does Hamburg ever have an incredible harbor!

I decided to take a . . . really big trip around the harbor.

Luckily they were just about to leave and were waiting for me.

This guy went on and on about TONS of this and TONS of that. Just noticed that the guy by the window has the coolest hat!

Now that's a big container ship! I think he said it goes 20 deep and high . . . or thereabouts.

I couldn't stop taking pictures! Even shot some video too.

See what I mean?

And there's that building I mentioned earlier; it was build to make you think of a . . .

Right . . . whatever you thought of, I'm sure it was right.

Ah, nothing like the sunsets off Kauai nei!

I'd noticed these cool kid wagons a few days earlier . . . I was jazzed to see them in action.

Went for a swim . . .

Outside!

It really wasn't all that cold.

They said that the water was 20 degrees . . .

Celcius. My elbows were about the coldest part of my body.

But now, I'm nice and dry and warm!

So I immediately proceeded to go eat a HUGE lunch buffet and negate any positive results of my exercise! : ) That's "mint tea" with fresh mint leaves btw.