Ladies Day Out

The team and coaches are in a routine with meals, practice, meetings, and games. We, the women of the group, decided to head out in taxis to explore other parts of the city today until game time at 4:45. The ladies include: Dot (Coach Harried's wife), Pauline (BJ's wife), Melissa (team doctor, Scott's wife), Macy (5 month old daughter of Scott & Melissa), Jenna (Macy's nanny) and me (Coach Showalter's wife). We decided that we should try the bus and train system and save money, plus it's all part of the adventure. We would need to use 2 taxis to get there at 20 euros a piece and the same to get back totaling 80 euros which would be about $110 for the taxi! We bought a group ticket for 9,50 euros (about $13) that let us use the buses and trains all day for all of us! With good instructions from Conni (one of our adopted German friends) we took off!

We found the bus stop not far from our hotel.

We switched from the bus to the train to continue the journey.


We ended up at a major shopping street which is supposedly one mile long. First stop for several was the Starbuck's. Note how wonderful the Starbuck's building is - complete with outdoor seating and this fountain.






St. Petri Kirche - 12th century church. The lion-head knocker on the main door of St. Peter's church is the oldest piece of art in Hamburg, dating from 1342.





The Rathaus, a Renaissance-style city hall palace. It is the largest of the old buildings in Hamburg with a 647-room interior. The Rathaus's 161 foot clock tower overlooks Rathausmarkt and the Alster Fleet, the city's largest canal.


We ate lunch near this fountain in the Rathaus area.


Lunch at the outdoor cafe


Several of us ordered "flammkuchen" and it was yummy.


Orthers ordered this fish with vegetables dish. It was yummy also!


Picture of us on a bridge looking toward the Rathaus.


Alster Fleet - the city's largest canal


The lake, Alster, is divided by two bridges into the Binnealster (Inner Alster) and the larger Aussenalster (Outer Alster). Here is the Binnenalter which is flanked on the south and the west by Jungfernstieg, one of Europe's best-known streets and Hamburg's most vital eating and shopping area.


Macy was a trooper today!