Here are some things we saw in Hamburg today that we thought
you’d like. The first is simply an advertisement in a coffee shop.
As you know, saft is German for “juice.” But we didn’t want juice today, because we didn’t want to drink anything cold. In fact, as we walked around Hamburg, we found it hard to imagine that we’d ever want anything cold Ever Again!
A grown-up lady was working on this snowman in the square. She had brought along a bag of supplies. His nose is a carrot, as I’m sure you can tell. His hair is made of carrot tops. The eyes, mouth and buttons are– can you tell?– potatoes! I thought that was a really good idea.
These funny little statues are All Over Hamburg. We see them everywhere. Sometimes they stand alone, sometimes they are lined up, like the ones you see here. Each is painted differently, and we assume that the colors and decoration of each means something different.
The statue is of a little man, shorter than me, with a yoke over his shoulders and two pails hanging from the yoke. He leans forward slightly, as if the pails are heavy, but he doesn’t seem bothered by it. 
We wonder what it’s all about??? 
