**Hamburg**

So, I'm back in Australia,but am no where near finished telling you of my adventures.

While in Hamburg, I stayed at the AO Hostel. A little bit out of the way, the thing was super cheap and had a fantastic breakfast.

You know I met some pommies while I was there, whom I later met up with in Berline, you know I got off the train a little early, but you don't know what I did while I was in Hamburg.

A beautiful city it was. Having found my accomodation and updating you all, I went to discover the town. On my little map of Hamburg, there was a note about this GPS device you could get from the train station information kiosk that you could take around town with you and it would tell you about where you were. An absolutely fantastic device.

As I was there picking mine up, I saw two English backpackers desperately trying to get somone to help them find a hostel. I interupted (mainly cos I wanted someone to speak English to later that night) and told them about my hostel. Very happy, they set off to find it.

I walked for a good 4 hours with my little GPS device, visiting the town hall, the port, the gardens, the lake, the prostitute corner of old, the current red ight district, the main warehouses and shopping districts. Apparently the pommies saw me as I was wondering around but I didn't even notice them. I think by foot is definitely a better way to see a city than by any of those digusting touristy buses.

Back at the hostel, I met up with the pommies (actually a Welshman, Jake and a Londoner, Chris). Joined by partners in crime Whatzisname from Finland, and Patrick from Canada - we had a few beers (well documented by photo, soon to come) and then headed to investigate the notorious red light district.

We must have been staying in a 'nice' section of town, because it took us an hour to get there by foot. Apparently the train system was too complicated for us. Then another 45 minutes to wait for out Italian food (yes, Italian, in Germany - we're idiots).

Eventually investigating the incredibly overpriced (for what you got to see) red light district we found our way to a karaoke bar, we were made fools of ourselves singing 'Why Don't You Get a Job" before stumbling our way home.

Some good memories and new mates. Photos to come!