We actually stopped in Hamburg before here, and had planned to stay there two nights, but it was just not what we had hoped, and to me seemed dirty and trashy in many ways. So we decided to go ahead and leave, and headed to Bremen for that second night, which also cut straight driving time to Amsterdam, plus Bremen was a much nicer city.
Bremen is a port city (and where my grandmother's grandmother sailed from). The first two photos are from near our hostel, of the inlet that leads to the larger port area.
The third photo was just funny: TexMex in Germany. We decided it probably would not be a good idea to try it, half the mexican food in Texas will make you sick...(and I don't eat meat anyway..)
Fourth is the statue of the Bremen town musicians. I kept seeing pictures of these animals and couldn't figure out what was up with them. It took a bit of time to make the connection and realize that story was this town, then it all made sense.
Fifth is a girl who started entertaining the street as we were finishing our evening meal. She was juggling fire sticks (as you can see), and was quite fun to watch; it was a good show.
The last three pictures are the town's cathedral, where I attended worship Sunday morning. The last two I took as I was sitting inside after the service. It was gorgeous, and I was actually fairly amazed that the cathedral wasn't Catholic; they usually are. The pastor was a woman, and yes she did preach from up in the pulpit deal you can see on the far left of the middle of these three photos. Communion was served after the regular service in a separate mini-service; I thought that was interesting.
Overall this was a very nice town, and I really liked it; a much better choice than a second night in Hamburg.
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