| 1. Day 1: Arriving at the Hotel Novum Accord mid-morning near the "Batman" Turkish restaurant. Germany has a large Turkish population and there are many Turkish eateries where you can get a good kebab. |  |
21. Deichstrasse, a cobblestone street of shops |  |
| 2. The "Kunst Museum" nearby. Kunst is not a family name, to my surprise; rather it is the German word for "art" |  |
22. Canal close to Deichstrasse |  |
| 3. Where my bus arrived at the Hamburg train station |  |
23. The "Free Port" of Hamburg (Freihafen Hamburg) contains large complexes of parallel buildings known as The Speicherstadt. This is what the city has been most known for during the centuries. It has been the second largest port in Europe since the Middle Ages. |  |
| 4. "Chilehaus" building. Part of a noted series of clinker-brick buildings designed in the New Objectivity style of 1920's architect Fritz Shumacher |  |
24. The Speicherstadt has very long parallel blocks for port space and offices |  |
| 5. St James Church (Jacobikirche) since 1340. Had been almost completely destroyed in WWII but reconstructed |  |
25. The Speicherstadt rows are mostly brick |  |
| 6. St James Church side view |  |
26. The Speicherstadt has a good number of bridges due to the parallel canals that abutt the rows of buildings |  |
| 7. St James Church explanation in German |  |
27. A canal of The Speicherstadt |  |
| 8. St James Church interior |  |
28. Approaching the western end of The Speicherstadt |  |
| 9. St James Church interior |  |
29. Statues adorn a bridge at The Speicherstadt |  |
| 10. St James Church interior |  |
30. Ivy-covered building at the western end of The Speicherstadt |  |
| 11. Old painting in St James Church |  |
31. A building at The Speicherstadt |  |
| 12. St James Church interior |  |
32. A building at The Speicherstadt |  |
| 13. Hamburg has many waterways crossed by bridges, not to mention classy buildings |  |
33. Looking eastbound at A building at The Speicherstadt toward St. Katherine's Church (St. Katharinenkirche) |  |
| 14. St. Nikolas Church, built on site of a 14th century church destroyed in 1842 fire; destroyed in WW2, leaving just the tower and outer walls. It will not be rebuilt but serve as a monument instead. |  |
34. Stained glass at St. Katharinenkirche |  |
| 15. St. Nikolas Church (Nikolaikirche) |  |
35. More stained glass at St. Katharinenkirche |  |
| 16. St. Nikolas Church |  |
36. Unusual buildings on stilts |  |
| 17. St. Nikolas Church |  |
37. St. Michael's Church (St. Michaeliskirche), perhaps Hamburg's best-loved and most famous landmark |  |
| 18. St. Nikolas Church |  |
38. St. Michaeliskirche |  |
| 19. St. Nikolas Church |  |
39. The tower at St. Michaeliskirche |  |
| 20. St. Nikolas Church |  |
40. Unusual building in the same part of town |  |
