We’ll say goodbye to Hamburg tomorrow, early. It’s a handsome North German city, full of good-looking industrious, fast-walking people. But rectitude hasn’t made Hamburg dull or stiff–you hear happy bursts of laughter from neighboring diners and even see an occasional jaywalker.
I did not have the stomach to visit its famous exploding toad pond, although our hotel is quite near it.
And I’m sorry I didn’t go see the Reeperbahn “shrines” where Beatles fans can remember their early days of thrilling near-starvation. Here is somebody who did, and came back with photos.