Hamburg
– Od Seaport Town
Great-grandfather
Walter on my Mom's side of the family was a ship chandler in Hamburg,
Germany before he immigrated to the United States. We have no clue
why he boarded a boat for the trip across the Atlantic, but after
visiting the BallinStadt Emigration Museum here today, we were
educated that Hamburg was one of the major ports that took immigrants
from Germany, Eastern Europe (especially Poland, Russia and Austria)
and the Scandanavian countries to the USA, Latin America and
Australia from the 1850's through the early 1900s.
It had
wonderful exhibits in English with old black and white photos.
We also
enjoyed a boat harbor tour aboard the Olympia, a huge vessel where we
met some nice Australian travelors from Tasmania. We learned that
Hamburg is the 2nd largest port in Europe and the 2nd
largest city in Germany after Berlin. It is full of young working
people and humming with life. We really enjoyed our visit here and
tomorrow we are off on a train to Copenhagen, Denmark.
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