Back from a memorable couple of days in Hamburg and Lübeck with my uncle from New Zealand, and my brother-in-law, who stepped in for my Dad who couldn’t come at short notice. We were helping my uncle retrace his roots as a post-war Brit born in occupied Hamburg, christened in Lübeck.
Both are fantastic cities of the old Hanseatic League, of different sizes, clearly, but also of different - yet equally impressive - qualities. From the Hafencity and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, to Lübeck’s Rathaus, Marienkirche (where we experienced a beautiful midday peace service accompanied by a brilliant young choir) and Niederegger café, and of course to my uncle’s places of birth and christening, it was a meaningful city tour, well worth taking a few days off for!
