{"id":25,"date":"2011-04-12T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.epicmac.com\/?p=25"},"modified":"2014-06-15T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T07:15:06","slug":"euro-day-1-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.epicmac.com\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"Euro Day 1 – Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At last I\u2019m off, it\u2019s been a very long wait. I boarded the flight, headed for Hamburg, just a little bit nervous, but very excited. Fourteen hours later I had a few hours to kill at Dubai airport. Speaking of arriving in Dubai, we taxied for ever and seemed to park in the furthest spot possible. <\/span><\/div>\n

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No air bridge for us, down the stairs and on the bus for a 10 minute ride to the terminal. I\u2019d promised to get Julie from work some perfume. Dubai seemed like as good as a place as any. I did a couple of loops of the shops to get a feel for the place then dived in. Very well traveled perfume by the time I delivered it! Thankfully they also have free Wi-Fi. On to the second, much shorter leg of the trip to Hamburg. The crew on both flights decided that they were \u2018night\u2019 flights. Despite being able to see daylight outside for the bulk of the flight. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
I arrived in Hamburg at 2pm on the 12th<\/sup> April. Got through immigration quickly, handy having a Euro passport! He looked at the passport, then at me, said \u2018ok\u2019 and I was done. Then waited and waited for my bag to show up. I think it was the second last bag to appear. I jumped in a cab and did a double take. Damn steering wheel is on the wrong side! Now I\u2019d been assured that \u2018everyone\u2019 in Germany spoke English. Except my taxi driver. But he still spoke more English than I spoke German. 10 words vs 5. Lucky I\u2019d written down the hotel name and address in German. It was a quick 25 euro trip to the hotel. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
After checking in and looking longingly at the bed I decided it was probably better to go for a walk. If I lay down I\u2019d be asleep in seconds. Way too early for that.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I walked a few km loop to get a vague feel for where I was. Turns out I\u2019m just around the corner from the notorious Reeperbahn area. The walk didn\u2019t really help, I think I was too tired to take it in, oh and it was wet and quite cool. I headed back towards the hotel and found a restaurant nearby for dinner. A quick steak and a beer and I was ready for bed. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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