Efficient Hamburg

House in Timmelsdorf
view of baltic Sea looking toward Denmark
water fountain for dogs
German sweets
Indoor swimming pool for winter
Beach cabanas
Russian sailing boat
outdoor cafe
Buy me

real fish and shrimp sandwiches


outdoor playground
russian sailors

1930#s house
modern house with grass growing on it
view of common area for 1930 houses
bad color

The town is beautiful. i have so far managed to convince my two cousins to come visit me and my second cousin for a couple of weeks. well see. u know how it is when someone says they come to visit and they don't.

i will be post pictures of houses here in germany - one pre war - 1930's, one constructed around 1955, and more modern houses. the architecture is beautiful of course. not sure because of the german cold winters, the building code is very structured, or because that's what people like to see. what's awesme is people plant crap on their houses, it is soo cool.

one thing is that there is a huge turkish influx here, and that is the only culture has infiltrated here so far.the interesting thing is that they have to speak german, and adapt to german ways. which is really interesting to see because u see white, blond, blue eye people, then brown haired, brown eyes culture and they are so differant. for instance, my aunt who is of the older generation notes that the turkish people like BBQ - doesn't in Hawaii? another thing is homeowners like to paint their houses brighter colours than the normal white...some people painted their house a bright red or yellow. for germans it is very upsetting. i can understand why because their culture is changing and maybe not the way they want it to be.

one thing which is very nice is people like to excercise here. as i said there are a lot of older people who walk, run, jog, or walk with those walking sticks around. the lake. dogs are an accepted member of the family. the nice thing is u can take them to restaurants and no one cares, its awesome. no DOH health laws to worry about.

another thing i noticed, speaking about DOH, is that when they construct buildings or projects they have no BMP's. its weird because they have large projects but the soil is just piled to the side. i took a picture of a sewer line being replaced and it was minimal fuss, no large BMP's or fences, just a backhoe and 2 men. very efficient.

one thing i wish they did something about here is smoking. it has been recently been banned but people light up anyway.

today we went to the Baltic sea. The sand is ugggs. they charge 3 euros or 4.50 US dollars to walk along the beach or sit on it. they have these weird beach cabanas to rent out. the people at both towns we went to in Northern Germany - Timmendorfer - were again, white, blond, blue eyes. i have finally gotten used to being the only asian person anywhere. to be truthful the stared are more puzzled and most people smile after u say hello. they are proposing to do a beach restoration project there which is very interesting but think will fail because it does nöt seem like they have a sand source to replenish one erosion occurs.

one last thing i will write is if anyone ever goes shopping inthe EU make sure u bring ur passport so u can get a refund check for the 19% VAT tax they charge everyone. the tax is suppose to stimulate goods and services from each country, and the economy, but i am not so sure about this. i mostly forget that when u buy something from the euro- 1) the tip is included, 2) the tax is included. Never go to a store called BELLETRIST if u are in Timmendorfer because they rip you off as a tourist. i was trying to get the VAT back but they gave me a hard time and pretended not to understand. bad for tourism.

speaking of shopping, its awesome for some things. Textiles such as steel, featherbeds, pillows, german duvets, candy, cheese, and milk are cheap. so if ur in germany spend money on the pots and pans, and anything else that is good for the kitchen, gaunrantee u won#t regret it.