Travel Ninjas - Hamburg Day 3...The Lion King...Day 40

The day has finally arrived.  We went to see The Lion King musical!

We rested most of the day as we wanted to be fresh and ready for the show!  Excitement was in the air...even on the bus!

We had to take a boat to cross the river to get to the theater.

The yellow boat is the Nala...the boat for the cast and also for theater-goers.  We were on a different boat.

Pulling up to the dock beside the theater.  Let the Magic begin!

We were greeted by the Lion himself in half of his makeup...

In motion and getting ready to perform!

He led us backstage and introduced us to some of the cast and sat us in the break-room where the cast has a full service kitchen, gourmet chef and terrace to chill on in between shows.

Most of the cast was outside soaking up the sun!

Backstage pass and tickets.

The show was completely in German but believe me I felt every word and of course every song.  "Circle of Life" gave me chills.  A classic performance by the whole cast but especially Darrin Lamont Byrd as Mufasa.  Wow.

The King!

A few shots of the night skyline after the show:

We traveled back home with the King after our beautiful night at the theater. Special thanks to Darrin!

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Travel Ninjas - Day 2 in Hamburg - Day 40 in Germany

Day 2 of our vacay to Hamburg...

Awoke to a beautiful breakfast and lots of sunshine!

Such beauty right outside his door.

We headed to the "bohemian" section of Hamburg...

We had a delicious lunch of sushi and satay...

We walked down to the magnificent Elbe...

The machinery on the Elbe river.

It's the Lion King! More on that later.

The boats on the harbor and the beautiful city skyline.

The Louisiana Star.

We said bon voyage to the Lion King (Mufasa aka Darrin) and headed to a nearby "beach bar" for a drink!

The sun was shining and the drinks were cold.  Delish!

We headed back home and rested for the day.  A beautiful glimpse of Hamburg on day 2

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Frankfurt Train Station - Hamburg Day 1...Travel Ninjas

We made a trip to Hamburg over July 4th weekend to see an old friend of the Harrisburg Ninja.

The "mascot" of the Frankfurt train station.

The train station in Frankfurt is breathtaking.

I so enjoyed the people watching and the hustle-bustle of everyone getting to where they needed to be.

We got on the FlixBus - cheap price AND free wifi for the whole 7 hour bus ride!  Score!

Picture does not capture how beautiful this guy was sleeping.

The bathroom coffin...lol

The countryside was amazing as well...

7 hours of bus fun was over.  We got to our beautiful host safe and sound.  Hot food was waiting for us in a beautiful apartment that would be our home away from home for the weekend.  It was magical.

Our host, my friend, the amazing Darrin Lamont Byrd!

I could not resist taking pictures of all of the beautiful things around his home.

View from the terrace.

Another one that's into globes.

We chilled for the night and got ready for the events of the next day.  Stay tuned for part 2 of our Hamburg adventure.

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Opernplatzfest July 2, 2013...Somewhere in Hessen...Day 37

Back to Frankfurt for another festival!

Today we took a brief visit to a week-long festival called the Opernplatzfest.  This festival touts the slogan "eat the World" as there are foods from all over the world offered here.

The opening "gate" to this free event.

We hit the fest on day 2 around 6pm and there were plenty of people still dressed in business attire...a perfect "happy hour" type of event!  Our first stop...Apple (apfel) wine!

The traditional apple wine glass.

Sabine saying "cheers".

I spotted these huge pans of Italian goodness...

Heard music coming from somewhere close by...so we meandered over to take a look...

The Lady sang "Simply the Best" by Tina Turner and killed it!

My man was jammin...see video below!

Some more random shots of the festival.

The amazing old opera house, formal name Alte Oper.

Opera house and fountain.

Many tents offering various types of food.

More tents of goodness.

Goodbye to the Opernfest.

It was an interesting few hours of good music, food aromas, apple wine and people watching.

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A Tiffany Lamp...The Mall...Somewhere in Hessen...Day 32

A Tiffany Lamp...The Mall...Somewhere in Hessen..Day 32

If you are following along...the Native Ninja (Sabine) may be moving soon.  So she had a few antique lamps that she wanted to get appraised.  Off we went to the big city of Frankfurt to an antique dealer.

So the antique dealer was a bust.  We headed to a nearby mall.  Sabine with a rolling cart of items, me with the hanging dining room version of a Tiffany lamp.  The mall (MyZeil) had an antique dealer in it that might have been able to give her a better appraisal.  

This mall sits inside of a walking thoroughfare that spans approximately 4 US blocks.  It is a hustle bustle kind of energy like NY.  So we are determined to get this appraisal she with the rolling tote and me carrying the lamp.

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I digress....the mall was Incredible...

I could not fully capture the beauty of the architecture of this place.  It was breath-taking. The pics on this website do way more justice than mine...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyZeil


We got to the top (about 5 floors with cool see-thru elevators) and the antique shop was...GONE!  Lugging all that stuff around to different shops, getting odd looks in the mall...I thought..."thank God I am a tourist and nobody knows me here..."

Sabine decided that we needed to see a bit of Frankfurt while we were in town...

We stopped by the Westhafen Marina and had a delicious drink at the Urban Multilounge which sits very close to the Main River.

Sidenote...there were beautiful sinks in the bathroom...I could not resist taking pictures...

Everything and the bathroom sink...

We took some "tourist" shots outside...fab yachts, walking bridges etc...enjoy...

Tag your condo!

It was a great adventure in Frankfurt on a Friday night.

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