The place we went to was actually a show - a musical - in a theater. The story in short was about a man who was traveling around the world trying to find his perfect mate. He tried an awful lot of women in the process of finding her :) . There were large musical numbers that would have seemed in place on Broadway - except that in addition to dancing - all the cast members were having sex. I was one of the few women in the audience - and I must say it was fun having some of the male cast members kind of "playing" to me. There was also a large contingent of Japanese men who made gestures with their hands in the spotlights so images like birds would wind up illuminated on the stage. A fun evening which I doubt could be duplicated in (m)any other cities in the world.

I also recommend the tour of the harbour. The day we went was chilly and rainy. But Hamburg has one of the busiest harbours in the world - and I like seeing the "nuts and bolts" of a city.

I forget the name of the main art museum - but it had some fabulous stuff. European abstract expressionist art isn't my favorite - but this is one of the best places in the world to see it.

There is also an interesting memorial to the WWII bombing (which basically destroyed the city). We have traveled in Europe extensively - and - if one travels to major cities there - it is impossible not to reflect on what happened to many major metropolitan areas during those years. Ditto with our first trip to Japan last year. It is almost a miracle that anything beautiful survived - and many things that did survive - like the windows at Chartres - did so only because people made a huge effort to save them. And - in other cases - like Kyoto - military people couldn't bring themselves to destroy historical treasures. Hamburg - which is basically a commercial/industrial city - wasn't so lucky. It more or less had to rebuild from scratch. Most of you here are younger than us - my husband was born in 1945 - and I was born in 1947 - and both of our fathers fought in WWII - but I recommend learning a bit about the history of WWII when visiting any city in Europe like Hamburg. Robyn

Once again, thank you all very much for your suggestions!

I came back from the trip on the 18th and loved it! Unfortunately due to a luggage misconnect w/ DL and EK, I spent a good portion of the trip ensuring that I would be reunited with it. I decided to do an overnighter in Berlin and loved it! Checked out the Altes Museum, the TV Tower, Brandenburg Gate, the Holocaust Memorial, and Checkpoint Charlie as I was there. In Hamburg, I spent some time wandering around the Haptbahnhof area, walking alongside the larger and smaller Alster lakes and paid a visit to St. Pauli with the rest of my stay was dedicated to Aircraft Interiors Expo.

This was a great way to "dip my feet" into what's out there and I'll definitely be more prepared and aware of what to do the next time I find myself in Germany!

Hello, N751PR. How are you? :)

Where did you stay and what did you do/see in HAM?