Misc Hamburg photos
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Baby boy on Viagra?
Sign outside the handicapped / family washroom in the lounge
Sitting pretty in FRA lounge
In the huge Lufthansa Senator lounge.
Had a nice shower, and a real breakfast inc reduced sugar jam on fresh pumpernickel bread. And mini cappuccinos with Baileys.
Even at 9am there is a full self service bar
Bye bye Newfoundland
We hardly knew you…
Just had an emergency landing in ORD
Weird noises when we took off from DEN time YYZ. Diverted to ORD, burned off fuel and landed to a nonstop chant of “heads down, stay down, brace, brace”
They told us it was a tire, but they certainly looked more interested in the engine:
A fine way to extend my 30 hour trip…
More food
Father and daughter near me at my snack… kawaii desu!
Tuna and mussels
Tiny sushi bar in Akihabara… standing room only (hard to tell, but not even stools!)
My sushi combo at the above…
Weird bun with soybeans and a peppery taste…
Wasabi (the root)
Funky seafood…
Farewell rainbow
Lots of Japanese stopping on the street to snap photos, this appeared as I headed to the subway to go to the airport
Only in Japan part 2
Maid-themed restaurant (shill outside is how all the waitresses are dressed)
AKB48 cafe/gift shop
Google it (The girl band, not the cafe) or I’ll add another post later
AKB means Akihabara, an area well known for electronics and geek/manga culture. The video games in the multi storey Sega gaming building has some crazy complex graphics (I tried to follow someone playing, guess I’m too old for that now).
Cat cafe. Pay extra to hang out with cats while you support your latte. I grabbed this flyer somewhere but forgot to look for it
Putting restaurants under the 4 storey high train tracks. Waste no space.
Toilet seat instructions. Wow, can’t I just flush? Admittedly, the warm seat is a nice feature when it’s cold…
I like this one: Wash your hands in this sink, which drains into the toilet tank. Brilliantly resourceful.
Sights in/near Asakusa
Tokyo Skytree tower, the top is in the clouds so I didn’t bother going up. Allegedly taller than the CN Tower but it didn’t seem like it to me. Also, the base of this tower is wrapped in a 6 storey entertainment complex.
Kaminari-mon Gate at the end of Namakise shopping street, leading to…
Sensoji Temple
With a peekaboo old and new view of Tokyo Skytree.
Nearby was also a nice little sento (public bath) called Jakotsu yu, which has a real onsen (hot spring)
Sushi time
At Tsukiji Sushi Sending near the famous wholesale market (church nigiri set ¥1260/$13 plus tax)
Tasty, but the wasabi seemed weak (I know we north americans use way more wasabi than the Japanese, and I even had to ask for the little ball of green devil, but if it isn’t searing my nostrils…)
Who says you can’t mix sushi and cheese?
Melted with a little kitchen blowtorch…
