Hamburg. Filthy filthy city. We arrived here after a fairly long drive, at around 1615. The journey was basically straight up the A1. Although there were lots of unrestricted sections, the road was fairly busy so the most we saw was 115mph, and that was only for brief periods. Lunch was at a rather top notch service area where Sioned ordered half a cow which cost about 4 quid, whilst I opted for the slightly more conservative cheese foccacia. After abusing the free refills of Coke, we were back on the road. Hamburg soon came in to view and the GPS took us right to the door. We headed straight out into Hamburg, catching a bus to the train station, then a train to Central Station. Jesus, what a place. It's got nothing on Kings Cross, St Pancras, Waverley. It's huge. Absolutely mental. We left the station and had a walk around the immediate area. Coming from Britain, it's quite odd how in-your-face the porn industry is here. There doesn't seem to be any concept of specialist planning permission for the sex shops - we're not even on the Reeperbahn and at least two fairly long streets dedicated to it. As I say, filthy place. We decided to head back to the hotel and have a meal there since we're both pretty tired. There's a lot to be said for having some bland food after lots of rich and varied stuff. Spaghetti bolognese for me, with salmon steak for Sioned. Really good to have something so run of the mill. Tomorrow we're heading over to Hamburg Zoo, and will be heading to the Reeperbahn in the evening.