Epic Honeymoon - Day 47 - Hamburg

Our last full day in Hamburg fell on Halloween – or as the Germans know it: Reformation Day. This was the day that Martin Luther nailed writings, known as The 95 Theses, to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg, calling for changes to the Christian faith in light of the control and power that the Catholic Church had over the people. Unfortunately, that meant it was a public holiday, and so most things were closed!

Epic Honeymoon - Day 46 - Hamburg

The gorgeous bar at Brauhaus Joh Albrecht.

Hamburg is a charming city, but certainly has a more industrial than tourist feel to it. In hindsight, we probably should have detoured slightly further en route to Denmark and visited Berlin instead. But having said that, it was still a nice place to drop in and have a few easy days – it’s just a shame about the weekend and public holiday in our timing!

Epic Honeymoon - Day 45 - Hamburg

Our first surprise in Hamburg greeted us on the morning of 29 October; a Sunday. We caught the metro into the city centre, disembarking at Rathaus. The city was eerily quiet, and we discovered before too long that basically everything is shut on Sundays in Hamburg. This did not bode well for an enjoyable day!

Epic Honeymoon - Day 44 - Hamburg

On our forty-forth morning of this crazy adventure, we jumped on a train to head to Brussels airport. Leaving behind the relaxed delights of Belgium, we pushed on to our next stop: Hamburg, Germany.