Memories, Memories

Returned to Hamburg today to pick up stuff and what followed was basically an OTOT tour of Hamburg City Centre. Well, as I had mentioned previously, releasing me into Hamburg was like releasing a little child back to his playground and from the word "GO", I was like the tour guide. We parked our car near the Bus Terminal and started absorbing every little moment of the place. I went to take a photo at the McDonalds which was absolutely emotional because this was the place where i had my first ever bite in Europe. Gosh! I still remember the day when I was lugging my heavy backpack around and was more than relieved to be able to rest at the McDonalds.

The train station was next and I must say it had been renovated pretty well. The exterior facade remained but the interior was totally revamped. Gone was the temporary ticket office outside the station and it was replaced by a beautiful counter with an attached tourist office. The shopping arcade was also up with more than twice the number of shops and food outlets. Anyway, just for the record, my first proper meal in Europe was in theKFC at the trainstation or more commonly known as Hautahnhof.

Went to take a stroll around the old Rathaus and the 2 churches that formed part of the Altstadt. We finished pretty late and so it was again another missed opportunity to climb the steps of St Petri and conquered my first German cathedral, Hopefully, I will come back again on another day to ascend the clock tower. The Rathaus, was as usual, majestic and magnificent with the platz in front of it. Had a busy time converting all my previous film photos into digital format this time round.

Went shopping once the lights went off around 630 pm. Went to the shops that i had not gone previously, hoping to be able to get what I had failed to do 3 years ago. Yep, i am talking about getting the Germany tracksuit for my leisure purpose. Some things never changed though and once again, a sense of deja vu returned as I pondered over the 100+ Euro price tag. Nevertheless, the financial situation is definitely much healthy than previously and the moral dilemma was overcome in 5 minutes, compared to 15 minutes 3 years ago :p But like what I say, some things never change and alas, once again I couldn't find a smaller size for the tracksuit and I had to call off the operation. (I was a bit caught in 2 minds also actually because the current design with gold trims doesnt look as good as the previous ones...)

Bought a couple of tops from H&M to at least partially satisfied my cravings but I had remembered the closing times wrongly and was shut out of the electronics store Saturn. A bit disappointed as I had planned to check it out in my itenanry.

Just had a 1 euro chicken sandwich from McDonalds and I must say that its pretty filling. Feeling a bit drunk as i took it with some Konig beer. Pardon me if spelling mistakes are aplenty for I am actually blogging in a semi drunk state but still doing it cos I scared I may not get access again or I became too lazy or too busy. Signing off right now and hope to explore more come the following week. Hmmm... If only I will be able to explore the Reeperbahn again...