Images of Hamburg
On March 12, 2006 | 3 Comments | Uncategorized |

We went for a walk around Hamburg today
and it was Very Very Cold.

Here is a picture of the Hamburg rathaus, which means “government building,” or something similar.

Which means that, directly translated, rat would mean governor, or politician, or something like that….

Hmmm.

Here is the tower of St. Michael’s Church. It is far more beautiful than it looks in the picture.

It was far colder outside than it looks in the picture.

It was very beautiful– and warm– inside.
And this is me in the Speicherstadt, which is basically a warehouse area. Some of the warehouse buildings are quite old.

Thank you for the coat and the hat, Rachel. I needed them both, as you can see.

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Anonymous Posted March 14, 2006 at6:39 pm   Reply

Hey, Rebecca,Looks like you guys had an awesome trip through Switzerland and Germany. All your pictures reminded me of all the memories I have of living in Germany and visiting my friends in Switzerland. I hate to ruin the joke, but my inner nerd (and possibly inner German) kept saying I must, so here goes. “Rathaus” means city hall in German. Directly translated it would mean council house, since Rat is the German word for council or advice, while haus is, well, house. Incidentally, the German word for rat is Ratte. Who knows how rats and advice got to sound really similar, but they do in good old Germany. Oh, and you’re right about Swiss-German, it’s echt verrucht, but it sounds good for children’s songs.

Anonymous Posted March 14, 2006 at6:40 pm   Reply

Oh, and that was me (Peter Nevland) that just posted that. Blogs are hard!

Rebecca Posted March 17, 2006 at4:34 am   Reply

Hey, Peter!You can “ruin the joke” anytime you want to. I knew the explanation for “rathaus” was something along those lines anyway…. It’s just great to see your name and to read your thoughts here. Thanks so much for commenting!And we’re all really looking forward to you and Paul visiting soon! Whoo-hoo!

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