May 30

We walked to Hafen City, the harbor area and Speicherstadt, a historic 

warehouse district along the canals off the waterfront.  Many of the 

warehouse buildings are being renovated on the interior and it’s a 

beautiful area with very interesting architecture.  We had a good sized 

breakfast so we skipped lunch and just explored.  It was about 1km to 

the area from the hotel.  After enjoying the waterfront areas we walked 

about 1 km back to the Rathaus area and stopped at a cute restaurant 

along the way to relax our legs and have a glass of wine.  We explored

several streets we missed yesterday.  The temperature was about 59 

degrees and it was windy so we needed our jackets.  Hamburg is a great 

walking city.  We returned to the hotel to rest our tired legs and then 

went to a nearby German restaurant where Pat had asparagus & smoked 

ham and I had a large pig knuckle and sauerkraut.  Both were excellent 

 and very filling.