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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="PT-BR">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 21 March 2009 - Volume 02<br>
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Travels</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear Roger,<br>
<br>
Recently you wrote:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy;">I'm in <strong>Hamburg</strong> for
a meeting on March 25 in the late afternoon and I have spare time for doing
some shopping on March 25 and 26.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy;">I'm looking for <strong>book-shops</strong> downtown having some shelves with books
written <strong>in regional language variants</strong>
and books about <strong>regional history</strong>.
For these subjects I also look for antiquarian bookshops, since some of these
publications are published by local associations and hard to find elsewhere.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Since no one has responded so far, at
least not on the List, I will give you at least something, even though in
private correspondence I told you that my information is dated and spotty since
I visit Hamburg very infrequently and have to reinvent the wheel every time.<br>
<br>
So far I have not found the ideal store for your and my purposes. One in which
I found a fair bit of material (due to its large stock) is (unfortunately?) a
business chain. In among masses of books for the mass market you can find some
books of interest to you. The chain is called Thalia:<br>
<a href="http://www.thalia.de/shop/tha_homestartseite/show/">http://www.thalia.de/shop/tha_homestartseite/show/</a><br>
<br>
Though founded 1919 in Hamburg, it now has
branches in other German cities as well, 11 of them in Hamburg and at least three of these in the
downtown area:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.service.thalia.de/thalia.google.map.php?vst=361">http://www.service.thalia.de/thalia.google.map.php?vst=361</a><br>
<a href="http://www.service.thalia.de/thalia.google.map.php?vst=344">http://www.service.thalia.de/thalia.google.map.php?vst=344</a></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.service.thalia.de/thalia.google.map.php?vst=343">http://www.service.thalia.de/thalia.google.map.php?vst=343</a><br>
<br>
They are all pretty much within easy walking distance from each other, also
from City Hall Square
(Rathausmarkt). In my experience, they do not have the same stock selection. The
second one listed above is particularly large and is situated on a Fleet (something
like a gracht).<br>
<br>
If you can find the time, check out the Hamburger Bücherstube Felix Jud (decidedly
not a chain) at Neuer Wall 13, also within easy walking distance from the other
places.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
There are lots of bookstores to check out in the university district, on and around
Rothenbaumchausee, not far from the convention center at Dammtor on the edge of
downtown. A bit westward, virtually a part of the university district, there is
the Grindel neighborhood (Allende-Platz, Hallerstraße, Grindelberg, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindel_(Hamburg)">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindel_(Hamburg)</a>) with its characteristic
high-rise condo blocks (Grindelhochhäuser, <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindelhochh%C3%A4user">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindelhochh%C3%A4user</a>,
Grindelberg, <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Hallerstraße</span>, Brahmsallee and Oberstraße). Incidentally,
this used to be a significant Jewish neighborhood, and it is now being revived as
such. Check out newly established Café Leonar, a culture and book center (Grindelhof
59, <a href="http://www.cafeleonar.de/">http://www.cafeleonar.de/</a>).<br>
<br>
So much from me about this, at least for now.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</span></p>
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