Luneburg was our base for four nights. It is a lovely small town half an hour from Hamburg. Luneburg history is based on salt, that was ground from here for a century. We admired Luneburg houses, network of canals and climbed up to Kalkberg and the old water tower for the scenery.
Next day we spent in Hamburg. This was my third visit to Hamburg and first now I started to understand the structure of the city at least a little bit. We walked through Altstadt, Speicherstadt, Landungsbrugge, Neustadt residential area and Alster lakes and admired the scenery from Michael church tower. The warm long week- end and harbor birthday brought crowds of people outside. My favourite was the residential “New ” area, which was built after the war. As people lived there it had small restaurants and shops and a lively atmosphere.
On third day I visited Celle to meet old friends. I spent one summer month at Boltz family 1967. Now I met even the fourth generation of the Boltz family, the little girl Corwyn. The older generations were gone years ago.
Next we are heading to Netherlands, Haarlem.
Nikolai church ruins serve as a memorial of WW2 victims
People relaxing by Alster lakes.
