I woke up in fine fettle on my last day in Amsterdam, ready to get the real travelling under way. Humming Bilbo's travelling song to myself I headed for Amsterdam Centraal Station, and got the three part journey to Hamburg started.
First leg - Amsterdam to Hilversum
Nothing much happened on this leg as it was only half an hour, apparently there are no international trains from Amsterdam so I had to go to this backwater place to really get going.
Second leg - Hilversum to Osnabruck
Struck up a conversation with some Irish birds heading for Berlin and had a game of UNO with them, which helped pass the time. Also, when we crossed the German border, three blokes got chucked off the train by policemen with guns. I presumed they were carrying some illegal substances across the border but I never found out unfortunately.
Third leg - Osnabruck to Hamburg
The conductors messages all being in German are now beginning to annoy me as I have no clue what he is saying. A nun sat next to me for a while which was a little awkward, I though about sharing some militant atheism with her but decided against it, the message would only be weakened in translation.
As soon as I stepped out of the train station and saw lassies wearing nice dresses with Nike air max trainers, I knew I was in Germany. Magic.
I made it to the hostel ok, and went to check in. Unfortunately I booked the hostel for June, not July. Well done son, well done. Fortunately there was a spare bed for 2 nights so it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
After having a siesta (is it still called a siesta if you have it in Germany?) I decided to get some proper German food. What else am I going to eat here other than hamburgers? After that I headed for the debauchery of the Reeperbahn. It was like a mini-Amsterdam, but not as good. I wandered about for a bit, got a few drinks then fired back to the hostel.
Hamburg so far hasn't been all it's cracked up to be, the nightlife is supposed to be the biggest draw, maybe it's better in a group but for me Amsterdam beats it without breaking a sweat. Hopefully I can find some sights tomorrow to make up for it!
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