Museum Hopper

my main reason for visiting hamburg was the hamburg kunsthalle .  the museum had 24 paintings on the masterful list of 1001 paintings!  pretty impressive!  that number puts it as the #6 museum on my list for quantity behind the likes of the louvre, uffizi, and natinoal gallery.  obviously, that made the museum a must visit on my trip! the museum has a slightly awkward layout since it has two main entrances, which were not connected (from what i could find) on the first floor, just the second floor.  the second floor was very well laid out and easy to navigate.  some of the rooms had the corresponding number on the door frame, which was helpful.  i wish all of them had it.   i am not 100% sure i saw it all, mostly unsure about paintings on the first floor. i loved these little creatures in the corner of a painting this landscape was beautiful this is a painting that my strategy professor showed us -- this is an mba student venturing ...

now moving onto hamburg, germany from amsterdam!  i really only had one day of sightseeing in hamburg, so i tried to make the most out of it.  my gracious host in hamburg recommended that i try to go to the saint nikolai memorial .  the admission cost (like under 4 EUR) was very reasonable, which included a small museum under a glass pyramid like the louvre as well as the elevator ride to the top of the steeple.   the church was first built in 1335, but underwent a series of renovations throughout its history.  during world war II, the church sustained pretty heavy bombing as the allied forces use the church as the navigation point for the city.  after the war, it was decided not to repair the damages, but instead leave it as a memorial to war and the destruction it causes. the museum was nice.  i liked the overview of the bombings that occurred during world war ii although the order in the museum seemed slightly convoluted.  it laid ve...