From Hamburg, with love!

Thanks to my job, I get to travel a lot. Unfortunately, however, the work aspect of it doesn’t always allow for a whole lot of exploring. Today, I am in Hamburg for a dinner with Pandora and lots of lovely ladies, and since my flight touched down at 10am, I decided to take 2 hours for myself, away from my laptop, to grab some lunch and do a bit of shopping. The outcome? My personal mini-guide for Hamburg and a little diary of my day, as seen through the lens of my phone.

After touching down in rainy Hamburg, I hopped in a cab to The George Hotel (which I love!). If I had know what a terrible cab driver I would get, I would have opted for public transportation instead … Generally speaking, I like to consider myself a very tolerant and open-minded person, but this guy took it too far. He did his best to use the 20 minutes in the car to tell me how “prollig” (=chavvy) it is to wear jeans, and that he’s ashamed of me for going into a hotel and boarding a plane dressed like that. He then went on to tell me about his thoughts on women who prefer a career over a family … When I told him, that it probably wasn’t a good idea to be insulting his paying customers, he mentioned something about “money is not everything”, which, retrospectively, I should have taken as a clue not to pay him. Since I believe in karma, however, I was quickly rewarded for the rude driver (car #2903 if you ever happen to be in Hamburg) with my room being ready earlier than expected.

For lunch I tried “Oh My Juice”, a small juice place that I spotted on Juliane’s Instagram. Delicious, healthy and literally just a 3 minute walk from the hotel. After working through my inbox a bit, I wanted to treat myself to some coffee and (window-)shopping at UZWEI, an incredibly concept store in the hear to of the city by “Neuer Wall”. The shop with lots of designers is amazing – had to stop myself from splurging on that mini falabella bag I’ve been coveting – but the café is even more drool-worthy. Fresh flowers, healthy drinks and snacks, as well as coffee that comes in the most stylish togo cups. Definitely my new favorite spot in the city!

While I leave you guys with some snapshots from my day, I am off to the shower to get ready for tonight’s festivities. ♥