Sadly enough Joe and Shelly left yesterday. It was a great time - we had a lot of fun - too bad though that both of them got sick. We hope they still enjoyed the trip and will come back. We miss our friends here!

Here are some photos - sorry Karen - yep - we did some things equal to what we did with you guys- this doesn't mean you aren't special - LOL - all our friends are special :-)

Stade - Church


In the center of Stade - canal



Speicherstadt Hamburg- after we went to Dialogue in the Dark



Joe making Käsespätzle



Shelly making Gravy on Turkey Day



Our yummie 11 pound turkey- brined and stuffed



At the market underneath the subway (which goes upway there - LOL)



And how cool are wii??? We got a wii from Joe and Shelly- so much fun!



Hamburg Carnval - Jim and Shell are in the second waggon while Joe and I are waiting (we know what is good for us :-) )



Some fun Graffity photo shoots





Doing the Narwhal right now ;-)

Some Hamburg Impressions

Had a great day with Circe - we acted like tourists and went with a boat to Ballinstadt- a museum dedicated to the emmigrants who started from Hamburg mostly to the United States. It was very interesting though the Museum needs some improvements. We were really lucky as the sun was shining!

Here are some photos from the harbour




No Human Being is illegal









ahhh - I love Hamburg!

Halloween makes it tour to Germany

Unbelievable - ten years ago Germany would only know about Halloween from certain American movies or some student exchanges - now it is fully arrived here. Well at least in the shops. Halloween decoration everywhere. The households are rarely decorated and only a handful little kids is ringing bells and asking with shreeky voices for some candy. I spied some shaving cream on some windows here and there- but all quite low. So it seems it is more a marketing from the shops.

But...of course we had a pumpkin as usual - althoug it was pretty hard to find a good one this year.


Other than that we can't wait to see Joe and Shelly who will come for a visit in two weeks!