Hamburg's Downtown

Having raced down the Reeperbahn, our bus took us to the government center area downtown, centered around the Rathaus. The 'meeting house' as it translates, it is a wonderful meeting of ceremony and efficiency. Still a government building and meeting place, it has statuary and decor harking to the past.

Since Hamburg was the final stop on our 18-day, 8 country odyssey, it was imperative that the sights we saw were powerful and interesting. Six of the previous cities are major world capitols and St. Petersburg was previously an additional capitol. Hamburg was the last stop, and it had to be excellent to stand up to comparison and fatigue.

It stood up quite well. More downtown pictures in the next post.