Hello Autumn!

Last week it seemed that spring was back in Germany although the color of autumn had already arrived. Today the sun was there only in the morning and it has been slightly cooler. Now the sky is grey and it might rain. Again the "proper" autumn seems back in Berlin.

The leaves are changing colors which is very beautiful and many people used the Sunday for a walk. I don't know but somehow I like autumn. I find the season very pretty even with rainy days and cloudy and grey times. A walk in the park smelling autumn and seeing the richness of mother nature makes me feel good. And then to come home and drink a nice cup of chai. That's a perfect autumn day.

Here my impressions of our Sunday autumn walk.:

Hamburg is always worth a journey

Hamburg is  beautiful city and always worthwhile. It's a great place and we love to visit the city. We didn't expect sunshine, so the grey sky was no surprise but luckily it was still quite warm.



We walked from the Bahnhof to Jungfernstieg. It is not far and you can also go by public transport, e.g. one U-Bahn station. But we had a look at some shops.

Here is the Hamburg station:

Here the Hamburg Rathhaus:

 

 After passing the shopping malls and stores we chilled out at Jungfernstieg and enjoyed a cup of coffee, and hot chocolate for the boys.

 Later we went to Landungsbruecken to take a "Hafenrundfahrt" though Hamburg harbor. Really enjoyed it. It was quite interesting We saw many ships, container ships, Speicherstadt, Marine Museum, Hafen City, Elbphilharmonie still in progress.
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Trip to Serengeti Park - Lueneburger Heide -

Wow, time goes fast. It's been a long time since my last blog post .... I don't know where the time has gone. Anyhow, here some pictures of our recent trip to the Serengeti Park. It's located in Hodenhagen near Soltau. Check out their website. You can download a free ticket. If you're interested you can also book a lodge in the Serengeti Resort. We've spent a day in the park. Entering with our own car (you can also take the bus). It's just such a fun park. We've never seen the animals closer than that. The giraffes lick the windows or put their heads through. The lions and tigers are fenced off and you have to keep the windows closed. Of course shouldn't get out of the car. There is an area to get out to strike the goats. We took 2 hours to drive through. I guess in summer it might be quite crowded and take more time.
Then we visited the Serengeti Freizeitwelt. There is a fun ferry wheel, small roller coaster (Wilde Maus), twister, chairoplane, Top Twin and many more for smaller kids. We also visited the Monkeys (Affenwelt) where you can walk through various monkey areas and be very close.

Here some pictures of the adventures.