This is a great travelogue, well edited and showing the Germans to be polite at least. Your quip about being as depressed as the flotsam and shitsam outside the closed museum was gold mate. The fella in the buffet car that gave you the boiled water for your green tea seemed sound as a pound. Cheers Edgeman. Hope you're having a great time!
Hamburg is the place for you. There are daily tickets for next to nowt etc but its 100% on the honour system, no ticket checks or exit barriers. Its wide open for The Edgeman to conquer. Was there earlier this year. Breakfasts are a bit iffy in Germany I feel.
11:00 When someone makes the effort to speak the language and you get the answer in English its like the guy is saying "Dont bother mate your attempt although well meaning is unsucessful here"😆