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Eingang ohne Tür - Entrance without a door

And even with a barred window. I mean, you cannot get in nor out at all here!

Nice stairs…

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Curschmannstrasse (school), Hamburg

 

 

Buchhandlung Torsten Bernhardt (Antiquariat)

Was bin ich froh, dass es das ZVAB gibt, in dem sich alle kleinen Buchhandlungen und Antiquariatsläden des Landes (und Auslandes) mit ihren wunderbaren Schätzen finden.

Wir fanden ein grossartiges maritimes Buch zum kaufen (über ZVAB), und sahen viele viele andere interessante Bücher.

Beeindruckend war aber auch der Laden, mit seinen dicht an dicht unter maximaler Raumnutzung gestapelten alten Bücher. Aus 3 Generationen Buchhandlung.

Buchhandlung Torsten Bernhardt

Buchhandlung Torsten Bernhardt

Johanniswall 3

Johanniswall 3

Wasserkunst Kaltehofe

I went back there, that place I only got to know last October, which fascinated me so much.

It was a day with non-stop rain, but that did not minimize the nice experience at all. Being inside is as nice and interesting, as being outside at that place.

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This building is standing there so proudly and pretty, all by itself. What a great location!
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Sperrwerk Billwerder Bucht – This building is standing there so proudly and pretty, all by itself. What a great location!

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This is as far as you can get by car, to the parking lot of the old water filtering area

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22 of those old bassins with 2 little towerhouses each
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Hamurg Tab Water: 0,00 EUR
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The café is comfortable and nicely restored and designed

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Comment in the exhibition rooms about a job add for two unmarried assistant doctors and one married servant ;).

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Going downstairs into the fascinating museum about the history of fountains in GermanyIMG_5758 IMG_5759 IMG_5760 IMG_5763 IMG_5765 IMG_5766

 

Sex Sells - Sell Sex

Reeperbahn

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Esso Hochhäuser

Der Abriss steht kurz bevor

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Bonbon Pingel

Ca. 25 Jahre war ich nicht dort, dabei sind es auch jetzt nur 15 Minuten per Fahrrad auf den nächten Markt, wo die Familie PINGEL ihren Süssigkeiten-Wagen stehen hat.

Es gibt nicht viele Gelegenheiten für so einen grossen Schritt zurück zu den eigenen Kindheitserinnerungen! Wo die Verkäufer alle noch genauso frisch und fröhlich hinter dem Tresen stehen „wie früher“. Was für ein Glücksgefühl war das heute morgen für mich. Und was für Leckereien ich nun seitdem lutsche.

Alles sieht aus wie früher, und alle Bonbons, die ich früher so gern gegessen habe, gibt es immer noch. Nicht wie Dolomiti und Brauner Bär, längst von den modernisierten Speisetafeln verschwunden. Nein, alle meine Lieblingslakritze sind noch da und jetzt tütenweise bei mir. Und einige Neuheiten (für mich neu) dazu. Und natürlich esse  ich wieder viel zu viel davon auf einmal, weil ich nicht aufhören kann. Habe ich deshalb früher aufgehört, bei Pingel einzukaufen? Jetzt nie wieder!

Inzwischen gibt es eine Webseite mit eigenem Webshop.
Und eine Facebook-Seite.

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Eine relativ bescheidene Auswahl, für den ersten Besuch nach so langer Zeit.
Aber ich komme ja bald wieder!

Salve!

Salve – but noone saved the old house doors, nor replacements that fit the architecture. Shame.

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Heußweg

fotos. Hamburg - Hammerbrook

Hammerbrook is a neighbourhood that has completely been destroyed in WWII, except for very few buildings.
It is now an office building area, not ugly, but nothing nice to see either, no green, no benches to sit on. Shops are mainly lunch places, plus one golf shop (plus the shop where I buy foreign food).

Nice event location, belonging to the Mercure Hotel in Hammerbrook

Nice event location, belonging to the Mercure Hotel in Hammerbrook

U-Bahn Station Hammerbrook. From inside it looks like you are on a river cruise, when you stand over the canal.

U-Bahn Station Hammerbrook. From inside it looks like you are on a river cruise, when you stand over the canal.

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Industriehof, Hammerbrookstrasse

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In der Nähe vom Stoffdealer

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Many men at work

Repsold-Haus

Repsold-Haus mit „Afrikanische Bistro“

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Spaldingstrasse 45

One of few remaining old buildings in Hammerbrook

One of few remaining old buildings in Hammerbrook

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Kacheln und Glasbausteine ganz nach meinem Geschmack (vielleicht nicht diese Farbkombination)

 

 

Longtime empty, used in winter for homeless people

Longtime empty, used in winter for homeless people (Winternotprogramm)

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Foreign food at home

Today I went to stock up my reservoir of barberry (Berberitzen), which I have never seen anywhere else than in this Afro-Asian shop in Hammerbrook.
Guess it is similar to using cranberries. I was told people in Iran eat it with boiled rice. I put it in my Müsli in the morning, being sure that it is a good vitamin c bomb.

And then I bought some other stuff to try…

Rice for the rest of my life ;)

Rice for the rest of my life 😉

I didnt try that yet...

I didnt try that yet…

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Barberry // Berberitze

Barberry // Berberitze

A-que? African stuff, "Attieke d´Abidjan" (Elfenbeinküste!, side dish

A-que? African stuff, „Attieke d´Abidjan“ , from cassava (Maniok),Elfenbeinküste, side dish

Will try to do boquerones fritos with these fishies

Will try to do boquerones fritos with these fishies

Peanut powder? Will try to bake it with my bread (as component)

Peanut powder? Planning on baking some of it with my bread (as component)

The shop where I buy

The shop where I buy

Food in Northern Germany

When asked abroad, what the typical German food is, if not Sauerkraut und Würstchen, I never have an answer.

But now that I am at home and eating this typical seasonal food, I can name it: Mieschmuscheln, Grünkohl (not in combination, this is two different dishes).

Steamed mussels are said to be good in all months with an „r“, so from September to – hey, is ist all months with an „r“ or all months ending with an „r“? Depending on this, the saying means FebruaR or ApRil. But you can actually eat them all year around nowadays. That old rule was due to no cooling options in the warmer months of the year. Now that we have fridges and ice, that is history.

Miesmuscheln, from the North Sea (Nordsee)

Miesmuscheln, from the North Sea (Nordsee)

You do not eat them with fork/knife, but start with one empty shell. With that you pick out the next mussels and pull it out of its shell.

Recipe: Huge pot, boil carrot and onion in butter. Add laurel leaves and Cayenne Pepper, plus white wine. When boiling, place mussels in the pot ant cook for 15 minutes. Serve with „soup“ and baguette bread.

Note: the mussels are alive when you buy them! They are closed and kept cold at the fish store. If you see an open one, knock on it, or pour water over it, so it closes. If you do not trust this or it does not give any life sign, throw it away. Same with mussels which are closed after boiling, those are definetely not good to eat!

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The empty shells

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Another dish for the winter time, from about November through January is Grünkohl mit Pinkel – mit Kassler, Speckschwarte, Kochwurst.
Kale and smoked sausage, typical in Northern Germany. I love it!

Best is fresh Grünkohl, or frozen, the one from the glass is not tasty. Have sweet (sugared) small potatoes and mustard with itThose dishes are so large, that I take a doggy bag home and have the rest warmed up another 3 times throughout the following week…

Grünkohl arriving, "full program"

Grünkohl arriving, „full program“

Grühnkohl, mit Speck, Kochwust und süssen Kartoffeln

Grühnkohl, mit Speck, Kochwust und süssen Kartoffeln