annichan
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Hi everybody,
some of you may remember my little trip report to the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg in September, where we visited the Dream under construction.
As she is now in my hometown of Hamburg for a short spell in the dry dock, of course I had to go and have another look at her before she moves to warmer waters!
It is a bit of a drive to town and I had been really busy lately, so I didn't manage to go see her until this morning, Sunday the 28th - later today she will leave Hamburg already.
Anyway, I do not have as many tales to tell as I did when we visited Papenburg and did a whole shipyard tour, so I will let the pictures speak for themselves this time and not say much:
Just so you remember which city we are in
We wandered down from the city which is slightly up a hill, so our first view of the Dream was from quite up on high:
Just in case you're wondering, we have 28 F in Hamburg at this time, so as weird as it feels posing in front of a Disney cruise ship in heavy winter garb, it was really quite necessary!
Getting closer, first just by zooming in with my camera:
Then we walked down to the harbour proper, taking pictures from closer to the ship. Unfortunately, as we got closer, the sun came out and from our vantage point it was sitting directly above the Dream, so it was a bit difficult to take pictures on which you could actually see anything at all.
Anyway, first I took a few more zoomed shots from further away but slowly approaching:
I must admit that the AquaDuck did not look entirely inviting in this kind of weather
We then made our way down to the dock. Incidentally, the port of Hamburg is the biggest port in Germany and the third biggest in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp). There are lots of container terminals, but also ferries and some cruise ships. I really like the atmosphere on the dock, where you can buy the traditional bread rolls with fish, or listen to the cries of the skippers who yell out to tourists and locals alike to come join them for the "grrreat harbour cruise, starting right now, don't miss this hour of happiness, we've got heating and hot coffee aboard!". (Of course there are lots of these little harbour cruise boats, some tinier and more run-down looking than others, but every single skipper loudly declares that his is the best
).
See the tiny icicles on the chain links? Winter is really coming!
Winter may be coming, but it's not bothering the seagulls ...
This is the hall where the Lion King musical is being played.
And here is a ship with the Hamburg flag in the foreground.
To be continued in the next post, as I have slightly too many pictures to make it all in one post ...
some of you may remember my little trip report to the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg in September, where we visited the Dream under construction.
As she is now in my hometown of Hamburg for a short spell in the dry dock, of course I had to go and have another look at her before she moves to warmer waters!
It is a bit of a drive to town and I had been really busy lately, so I didn't manage to go see her until this morning, Sunday the 28th - later today she will leave Hamburg already.
Anyway, I do not have as many tales to tell as I did when we visited Papenburg and did a whole shipyard tour, so I will let the pictures speak for themselves this time and not say much:
Just so you remember which city we are in
We wandered down from the city which is slightly up a hill, so our first view of the Dream was from quite up on high:
Just in case you're wondering, we have 28 F in Hamburg at this time, so as weird as it feels posing in front of a Disney cruise ship in heavy winter garb, it was really quite necessary!
Getting closer, first just by zooming in with my camera:
Then we walked down to the harbour proper, taking pictures from closer to the ship. Unfortunately, as we got closer, the sun came out and from our vantage point it was sitting directly above the Dream, so it was a bit difficult to take pictures on which you could actually see anything at all.
Anyway, first I took a few more zoomed shots from further away but slowly approaching:
I must admit that the AquaDuck did not look entirely inviting in this kind of weather
We then made our way down to the dock. Incidentally, the port of Hamburg is the biggest port in Germany and the third biggest in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp). There are lots of container terminals, but also ferries and some cruise ships. I really like the atmosphere on the dock, where you can buy the traditional bread rolls with fish, or listen to the cries of the skippers who yell out to tourists and locals alike to come join them for the "grrreat harbour cruise, starting right now, don't miss this hour of happiness, we've got heating and hot coffee aboard!". (Of course there are lots of these little harbour cruise boats, some tinier and more run-down looking than others, but every single skipper loudly declares that his is the best
).
See the tiny icicles on the chain links? Winter is really coming!
Winter may be coming, but it's not bothering the seagulls ...
This is the hall where the Lion King musical is being played.
And here is a ship with the Hamburg flag in the foreground.
To be continued in the next post, as I have slightly too many pictures to make it all in one post ...
Thanks for the wonderful report! Did you go on a harbour cruise to get closer to the Dream? 
