Day 129: What’s happenin’, Cap’in?!

By Katherine | August 5, 2013 |

Yesterday my husband and I decided to brave Hamburg’s famous fish market. That is to say that we had to brave getting up by 7:30 on a Sunday morning and, as it turned out, brave the crowds. Apparently, it’s one of the most popular tourist destinations in town – yikes! The fish market is also…

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Day 122: Plunder assunder

By Katherine | July 25, 2013 |

That’s right, mate, I’m back in Hamburg, a sea-faring town extraordinaire.  I’m up to my usual tricks: namely, shopping and antiquing/vintage hunting.  The hubby (this is the first time I’ve used that term!) and I headed to the big open-air produce market in a neighborhood near us called Winterhude (“Vin-ter-who-duh”) and happened upon a flohmarkt…

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