3rd May 2015 - Sunday in Hamburg

My friends had invited me today to visit them in Hamburg. I got an early train and was treated to lovely home-cooked food: vegetable soup and vegetable lasagne. It was heaven! We had a very long catch-up, loads of coffee - LOVE coffee and then we went for a walk/cycle to the Stadtpark. Haven't used bikes in a while. Hamburg introduced a rental service, similar to the service available in Dublin, for people to rent bikes, free of charge for up to 30 mins of use.

I took the opportunity to take pictures. I'm seriously considering buying a proper camera to get more into proper photography. But I can't spend the money on one at the moment. So I use what's available, my Huawei phone. I think some of them are really good.

My friends explained to me that this is one of the restaurants where you can rent boats to explore the river.

Cherry blossoms fully in bloom.

The park hosts a lot of different types of flowers. This one is tricky - I got a close-up picture of a flower bud making it look like it was the size of your palm. It's about the size of your thumb.

The local geese had a little offspring. Still all fluffy looking. So cute.

According to my friends this fountain is rather new. Really love the penguins.

There's a round pond with remote-controlled ships. The pirate ship was even playing music.

After our walk we went for a beer in the beer garden. When we left I noticed this heart-shaped sculpture. You might not see it but fairy lights have been wrapped around the construction. I'd say it looks very pretty at night.

I left Hamburg with rain and a heavy heart, hoping to catch up with my friends again soon. Please read the blog and thanks again for the lamp!