Farewell for now to Mad and Mrs. Uek and on to Hamburg, sort of anyway!

I was the first one downstairs at ten minutes to 8, Mad Uek was down shortly afterwards and started making the coffee. He fixed a breakfast of sliced fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato, basil, and balsamic vinegar. We had fresh rolls again, an assortment, warmed in the oven, accompanied by salami, sliced turkey breast, pesto cheese, swiss cheese, gooseberry jam, quark cheese, and Nutella! We talked about our day yesterday, Mad Uek burned his F-4 videos to DVD for me.

Heidi fixed us a big bag of bottled water, cookies, and Nutella! We told them we would see them in May when they visit San Diego, and off we zoomed! Many hours later, we made it to Hamburg, thinking we would zip into the hotel, drop off our bags, and go to the Miniatur Wunderland.

Alas, it was not to be! For road construction, one way streets, closed streets, and confusing GPS instructions hindered us from reaching our hotel until 1730. So, we decided to the Miniatur Wunderland first. It was huge and amazing, and utterly fantastic!

Then, after the rush hour traffic had died a bit, we set off for our hotel once again, with some traffic still on the road. However, we did this time, finally navigate the obstacles to arrive at our hotel at 1730. We had dinner in the hotel pub. 

I had a Holiday Inn Burger, and Mom had the Gratiniertes Wurzfleisch, and it was cream soup with chicken, onions, mushrooms and cheese broiled on top served with lemon. 

Since we came back up to the room, we have been hearing thunder and lightning!