hamburg :: süllberg & the city

21 August 2014

After my few days in Berlin, I took the train to Hamburg where one of my best friends is staying with her parents, recovering from a foot operation. Even though she couldn't walk very much or be too mobile, she still managed to show me around a little bit of the city which was very brave of her - thank you C!

I'd never been to Hamburg, but I now know that it's a beautiful and airy city with a touch of glamour - gosh, you should see some of the houses there. Each one looked closer to my dream house than the next! The view from the Süllberg Terrace is stunning, we drove around the banks of Lake Alster which is beautiful, and there is so much green everywhere.

We had lunch in the city centre by the canal, a very nice Syrian restaurant where the fish was cooked perfectly, and of course followed up by ice cream - the weather was perfectly sunny and hot which is apparently rare for Hamburg?















Not pictured are the best memories from the short trip - sitting outside in her parents' garden having Teppanyaki for dinner (C's mum is Japanese!), chatting with them and C about all things wedding for C's 2016 nuptials, being a wine drinking buddy to her dad and him topping me up sneakily when I went to the bathroom, scouring online for her potential wedding dress and having delicious spaghetti vongole (my favourite) in a local Italian restaurant.

I'm not glad that C's had to have a painful operation, but I am very glad that I got to visit her and her hometown - fingers crossed her foot heals quickly!



12 comments:

  1. Absolutely beautiful! Love visiting gorgeous places in Europe .. I've done quite a bit of Italy, Paris and Amsterdam but there's so much more I want to see x

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  2. Hamburg, the strawberry cake, the fish dish, all look lovely! Best wishes on a speedy recovery for C!

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  3. Hamburg meine Perle. This makes me want to go back there so badly, I miss living in Hamburg. Lovely photos - I've never seen the Alster water so green! I hope your friend heals quickly.

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  4. MY brother's girlfriend keeps on raving about Hamburg! She lived there for a year and she only have good things to say about it :) I have to say your photos really make me want to go as well. And that cake! Omg it's huge!! It looks delicious though. xx

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  5. Sounds like you had a lovely time in Hamburg, lucky that you had great weather!

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  6. I really really need to get to Germany. There are so many gorgeous cities there, and I just know I'll love it!

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  7. Love this post - gorgeous photos! What a great way to describe Hamburg - it definitely does have a touch of old school glamour. I love all the water everywhere, too. I had a bit of a whirlwind romance (!) there with a young man who lived there while I lived in Bavaria and I always loved coming in on the train and passing all the lakes. Nice memories anyway! Have really enjoyed reading your Germany posts :) xxx

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  8. Oh and P.S. hope your friend is on the mend!

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  9. Hamburg is a lovely looking city c:
    I'd love to take a bite on that strawberry cake!
    And I'm sorry about your friend :c get well
    soon! Xx

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  10. I love Germany, Hamburg is somewhere I haven't been to yet, but looks like I need to go asap!

    The food you have always looks drool-worthy too.

    Hope your friend's foot heals quickly!

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  11. The water is stunning! And I need those strawberries in my mouth right now haha. This sounds like such a fun trip, even if your friend couldn't walk too far. It does indeed look like a completely stunning city.

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  12. That cake is HUGE! It must have been so nice to have a good catch up with your friend - I wish her foot a speedy recovery :)

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