Hamburg war ruins
Sara and I have spent the last 48 hours touring WWII bunkers and memorial war ruins in Hamburg, collecting material on the July 1943 firebombing of the city. We had a nice time with two guys, Roland and Jurgen, from a local bunker preservation group who gave us a private tour. We then went to the city museum which had a small exhibit that included the above floor cut out of rubble with doll, no doubt staged. Today we saw the ruins of St. Nikolai church, an icon of the skyline and target point for the Allied bombing. It will be interesting to compare it to the A-bomb dome in Hiroshima. Rebuilt, Hamburg is a pleasant camel-laced port city of tree-lined streets and fresh fish. Food and wine have been good so far on our trip. Tomorrowwe leave for Munster. Internet access is spotty and I only have my iPhone, which can’t handle the Wordpress interface directly so I’ll be posting via Flicke when I can. Typing on this virtual keyboard is tedious too….