By kathrynkw on Skatehive
Hi Everyone So today we docked in Hamburg, Germany at 7am but we didn’t get clearance till around 8:30am. That didn’t matter though because we had just finished getting ready and was making our way to breakfast. Today, breakfast was a little on the unorganised and slow side, things were missed out as well as the service taking around 30 minutes to be served. I had a three egg omelette with all the toppings and a side of toast. My kids had pancakes for breakfast which were tasty as well! After breakfast we made our way to the Old Elbe Tunnel from our cruise ship it’s about a 40 minute walk around the port area. The port area is walkable unlike some of the port areas that cruise ships dock in. The Elbe Tunnel was opened in 1911, it’s also know as the St. Pauli Elbtunnel or Alter Elbtunnel or 'Old Elbe Tunnel'. This tunnel was built to provide a more direct route for dock workers over to the southern banks of the Elbe river from the Landungsbrücken piers. This tunnel became a tourist attr