Back from 4 lovely days with family in Hamburg ,
We stayed in a hotel very near the airport and his Aunt's house ,
Each morning we took the hotel shuttle bus free of charge to the airport and walked the 5 minutes over the bridge to his Aunt's house for breakfast . ( 15 min walk from hotel without the bus )
She made amazing continental breakfast spread and didn't know when to stop feeding us
We spent lots of time exploring Hamburg and visiting the Markets and watching the daily parades , getting on and off busses with the wheelchair was no problem the middle doors floor was lowered when we got on and off and the bus drivers insisted on pushing the chair for us even though we had Martin doing it ,
The train stations were another kettle of fish , they were shocking , almost no lifts and the ones they did have were broken with signs saying they would be fixed next year , talking to one German man who said lots of people have been complaining for a year or more , so every time we needed to go up or down we had to stand with Brian on the escalator while Martin carried the chair up and down
You would think a engineering country like theirs would be more efficient wouldn't you ,
Also no ramps anywhere , we went to the Marina where his Mam lived as a girl when they were bombed out, couldn't get down as it was 4 flights of stairs .
All the trains went back to Airport so we went back to Ingrid's for tea then about 9 walked back to Airport and got free shuttle bus back to hotel ,
Spent a lot of time laughing and talking in the bar before bed
Martin had his Fit bit on and worked out we walked 23 mile in 3 days , no the wonder our feet ached
We went online before we left home and paid £40 for 5 of us to travel on any bus or train the whole time we were there , we must have spent that much in one day so worth every penny .
His cousins came around very day ,It was lovely to see everyone ,
We took Cabin cases but on the way back had to pay for one to go in the hold it weighed that much with all the German Sausages and food we brought back
I have put pics in Media but not sure if you can see them as it keeps saying needs approving but wont let me do it
We stayed in a hotel very near the airport and his Aunt's house ,
Each morning we took the hotel shuttle bus free of charge to the airport and walked the 5 minutes over the bridge to his Aunt's house for breakfast . ( 15 min walk from hotel without the bus )
She made amazing continental breakfast spread and didn't know when to stop feeding us
We spent lots of time exploring Hamburg and visiting the Markets and watching the daily parades , getting on and off busses with the wheelchair was no problem the middle doors floor was lowered when we got on and off and the bus drivers insisted on pushing the chair for us even though we had Martin doing it ,
The train stations were another kettle of fish , they were shocking , almost no lifts and the ones they did have were broken with signs saying they would be fixed next year , talking to one German man who said lots of people have been complaining for a year or more , so every time we needed to go up or down we had to stand with Brian on the escalator while Martin carried the chair up and down
You would think a engineering country like theirs would be more efficient wouldn't you ,
Also no ramps anywhere , we went to the Marina where his Mam lived as a girl when they were bombed out, couldn't get down as it was 4 flights of stairs .
All the trains went back to Airport so we went back to Ingrid's for tea then about 9 walked back to Airport and got free shuttle bus back to hotel ,
Spent a lot of time laughing and talking in the bar before bed
Martin had his Fit bit on and worked out we walked 23 mile in 3 days , no the wonder our feet ached
We went online before we left home and paid £40 for 5 of us to travel on any bus or train the whole time we were there , we must have spent that much in one day so worth every penny .
His cousins came around very day ,It was lovely to see everyone ,
We took Cabin cases but on the way back had to pay for one to go in the hold it weighed that much with all the German Sausages and food we brought back
I have put pics in Media but not sure if you can see them as it keeps saying needs approving but wont let me do it
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