Hamburg has some great shopping districts where the streets are crowded with shoppers and - colourful fibre glass figures of Hans Hummel the local fabled water carrier. Unicef was having a fund raising campaign. You could find these figures all over the city, either one by itself on a street corner, or a small army like the one on this street near the main train station, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. There were a lot of great stores and cafes in this area. I love just sitting at a table on the street, sipping a cup of coffee, perhaps with a slice of decadent cake or ice cream sundae, and just watch the people go by.
Being from Canada, one of the things that we do not have in Vancouver is outdoor public toilets. People are expected to either use the washrooms in the shopping malls, restaurants (where you have to pretend to be a customer), hotels, etc. or just hold it till you get home. One of the most appealling ones we came across in Hamburg was near the Alster Lake pavilion, just outside of the famous Alex restaurant. It was pretty state of the art, complete with a metal crow on the roof, and the ability to hold colourful posters on the other side. Of course, most of these outdoor public toilets are coin-operated, so you always had to make sure you had a pocket full of change where ever you go.
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