Above: Dennis drops in on the Kunst in the morning, while Terry is in Conference. Originally founded in 1874 but moved to its current location about 1877, the Kunst has a large number of Impressionist Arts. This is the north side, the common sits between an art school (behind the camera). The main entrance is on the southwest street side,
Above Left: Michelangelo (northeast corner).
Above Right: Rafael (northwest corner).
Above: This is COOL, these are DIFFERENT paintings and artists! One oil was painted in 1874 and the other was painted between 1873-1875. Paul Cézanne painted the left most painting and Armand Guillaumin painted the right most painting! Both paintings have the same name: "Am Quai de Bercy in Paris"
Above Left: Claud Oscar Monet, 1880, 'Pears and Grapes'.
Above Right: Edourd Manet, 1877, 'Nana'.
Above Left: Main Hall.
Above Right: School Class.
Above Left: Emil Nolde, 1903, 'Birken in Schnee'.
Above Right: Auguste Herbin, 1907, 'Der Hafen von Basttia auf Korsika'.
Above Left: Ernest Meissonnier ,1874, 'Das Portrat des Sergeanten'.
Above Right: Peter Paul Rubens, 1616, 'Die Himmelfahrt Mariens' (The Assumption).
Above Left: Museum Café: Enjoying the moment and plotting the next move (Internationales Maritimes Museum).
Above Right: Entrance/Exit at the Kunst.
Hamburg: After Noon
Above Left: Saint Michaelis' Kirche.
Above Right: The upper steeple's cupola (highest public access).
Above Right: Buoy and Anchor in front of the Maritimes Museum.
Above Left: WWII Mini-Sub with Torpedo.
Above Right: Spy Glasses, old and new.
Above: Old Navigation Equipment.
Above Left: I was watching this Gentleman through a doorway. He talked to me in German and I stated that I spoke very little German. Then in English I stated that 'He had the Coolest Job in the World' and in English, he said Thank You, but he added that 'He wasn't sure about that'.
Above Right: One of the models that the Museum Modeler was repairing (the ship model above the gentleman's head in the previous picture).
Above Left: Floating Lighthouse Cut-Away.
Above Right: Aft Profile of the 1655 British Fighting Ship Glory.
Above Left: Country and Signal Flags.
Above Right: Actual Medals for Duty (for 4-500 years of recent history).
Above Left: Knot Board - Believe it or knot, Dennis can name and tie about half of these knots, liners, throwers, splices, and whips.
Above Right: Ropes at the mast - sailors had to know exactly where on each sail or mast that the rope attached and know its purpose.
Above: Two models of different states of Ship Building.
Above Left: Royal Battle Flag (it has a crown) from 1870 with a familiar battle cry 'God is with us'. The Eagle is Prussian (single eagle head) and not Habsburg (double eagle head).
Above Right: Harbor view (south) of the Hamburg Maritimes Museum from the Café.
Above: Model of the Maersk: presently the largest ship in the world (container ship), Dutch.
Above: Collection of Models of various working ships from Tug to Tanker.
Above Left: Yours Truly.
Above Right: QE2 in Lego Blocks. BTW, The exit on the Autobahn for the Legos' Head Quarters is called 'Legoland' Exit; we saw it somewhere between Munich and Stuttgart.
Hamburg: Evening and Harbor Cruise
Above Left: North end track entrance for the Hauptbahnhof (Main Eastside Train Station).
Above Right: Double Decker Tourist Bus.
Above Left: Dennis and Terry do Dinner on the fly; Bratwurst for T and Curry Brat for D.
Above Right: Yet another Hamburg Hummel.
Above Left: Stern shot of the Fleetenkieker, our harbor cruise boat for the evening.
Above Right: Starboard shot of the Fleetenkieker.
Above: Leaving the Binnenaister Bay for the Altona River.
Above Left: The former Stock Exchange, now the Rathaus.
Above Right: Warehouse District water tributary.
Above Left: Party Boat in another water tributary.
Above Right: One of the many city bridges. Again, a reminder that Hamburg has more bridges and water way mileage than Venice and Amsterdam put together.
Above: More Hamburg waterways.
Above: Commercial Housing on the waterways.
Above: Commercial Housing and city bridges.
Above: Riverfront properties, Bridges, and city lights.
Above: Ship industrial areas on the Altona river.
Above Left: Returning up the locks to Binnenaister Bay.
Above Right: Across for the Rathausmarkt, then home for the night.