The Lion King Musical
Sunday - August 14th 2016
The
highlight of this short trip was upon us, because today we were going to
see the world famous
Lion King Musical from Disney, but not before we
got to visit another highlight. We got up early again and had breakfst
at Starbucks. Afterwards it was time for the
Miniatur Wunderland, the
world's largest model railway, located in the Speicherstadt. We had
tickets for the early bird entry between eight and nine o'clock. The
model railway was really impressive and we loved the attention to
detail. We could have spent hours there, but the crowds got larger and
so after two hours we left and had a relaxing beer at the restaurant.
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| Michel Church |
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| Hamburg |
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| Hamburg |
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| Breakfast at Starbucks |
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| Hamburg |
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| Speicherstadt |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
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| Miniatur Wunderland |
Afterwards we walked to the City Hall and around noon we had lunch at
Vapiano, an Italian quick service restaurant, where we ordered pasta and pizza. A delicious lunch later, we took the subway to the Landungsbrücken from where the ferry for the Lion King Theatre departed. We caught the first boat and soon we were on the other side. Since we had plenty of time until the musical started, we had some drinks at the bar. Finally the musical started and despite being in German, we loved every minute. The musical runs since 2001 in the harbour of Hamburg with eight showings per week and it's baiscally sold out every day. All I can say, it was amazing, truly fantastic. The cast was great, the music was so beautiful and it transported my wife and me back to our childhood. Lion King was the movie I have seen the most in all my life and the musical brought back all the emotions from back then. Maybe it was the best musical I've ever seen. However, we have seen some musicals, like Mary Poppins, in Vienna and there the atmosphere was better. There's just a difference, if you see a musical in a two hundred year old theatre with nicely dressed people or in a modern one. Nonetheless the musical was fantastic and we can't wait to see it again. After the theatre emptied, we stayed longer and enjoyed another drink at the bar before catching the ferry back. Back at the Landungsbrücken we spent more time at the Hard Rock Cafe
before having dinner at Peter Pane again. Since we were getting tired,
we walked back to the hotel and called it a day.
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| City Hall |
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| Hamburg |
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| Lunch at Vapiano |
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| Lunch at Vapiano |
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| Ferry to the Theatre |
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| On the Way to the Theatre |
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| The Lion King Theatre |
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| The Lion King Theatre |
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| Inside the Theatre |
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| And back to the Landungsbrücken |
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| Hamburg Harbour |
Returning Home
Monday - August 15th 2016
After we got up, we packed our stuff and took the metro to the airport. There we had a late breakfast at Starbucks and then it was time for departure. Unfortunately our plane was late and so our take off was delayed. An hour later we were finally on our way back home. We landed in Salzburg in the early afternoon and since it was a holiday, we decided to get drinks at the Stiegl Terminal at the airport.
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