This Will Make You Love Exploring New Cities | Hamburg Tour 2023

Evan Carmichael and Nina spend a rainy day exploring Hamburg after a cruise ship arrival. They visit Miniatur Wunderland, the world's largest indoor model-train exhibition, then eat currywurst on Mönckebergstraße. Evan argues that any passion becomes a successful business when pursued to world-class quality.
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It just shows you can make a business out of anything. But you need the clouds to appreciate the sun, Nina. That's true. Now we know what to order you. We figured it out on the second last stop. And they're closed. So that was our great tour of Nordsee. Good morning, everybody. There's Nina. One of the things I love most about being on a cruise ship is every day you wake up, you don't know what you're going to see. I love just opening up the blinds and poof, new city. Why are you laughing? It's true. We slept in a little bit. Nina's still pretty tired. Nina had a rough night. We're gonna grab some breakfast and get off to Hamburg.
I'm excited.
Alright, have some good food in our bellies. Time to get off the boat, go explore Hamburg. Hey Nina, it's raining in Hamburg. We have more rain. Yeah, I love the rain. We love the rain. Nina's all set for the rain. We're gonna try to find Nina an umbrella so she doesn't have to wear the poncho. It'll add to the quality of life for Nina, so that's important, right, Nina? All right, one more deck. Let's find the umbrella! We found Nina an umbrella. Very exciting. That's some quality umbrella life, huh? How do we feel? Oh man, life just got amazing. This is the best day ever. Look, we have an umbrella. And the good news is it's gonna rain for 2 more days in London after we get back. So Nina has her beautiful Hamburg— it says Hamburg on the umbrella— beautiful Hamburg umbrella to be happy with. Okay, we are now on the hunt for the most famous fish and chips restaurant in Hamburg called Nordsee. They are famous for it, and so Nina likes trying local food. That's what we're gonna do. Let's see if we can find the place. Alright, we found it. Nordsee. Does it look open?
No.
It does not look open. It looks closed, friends. Let's go check it out. Well, Believe Nation, welcome to Nordsee. Best fish and chips in Hamburg, and they're closed. So that was our great tour of Nordsee. We're gonna continue on with our day. It's 10 o'clock. It's 1 o'clock. I guess these restaurants don't open until later, which is sad. I don't think we'll be back here later in the day. But we had some fish and chips in London already, and I'm excited to try the famous— what's the famous thing? Is it sausage? The famous sausage. There's a place called Edo Curry, famous sausage. We're gonna go check that out later. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Nina suggested going to the other side. And maybe, I think it might be open. Oh, Nina, that's a high five, Nina. Nina, right there. Boom, good job. Okay, let's look at the famous fish and chips here. I'm kidding. Ooh, yummy. All right, let's try the beer. Beetburger German beer.
Just trying. It's beer.
Nina's not a big beer fan. I'm gonna enjoy this Beetburger beer. All right, our legendary fish and chips have arrived. Looks good. Time to eat. Here she goes. Legendary fish and chips, Nina. This is what we came for. And? Hot. Fresh. Hot. Nice. That was good. Good break. Yummy food. Now we're going to try to find a Miniature Wonderland, which is the largest in the world indoor miniature train set? Building? It's 2 stories of miniature trains. We're not really into miniature trains, but it looks unique, so we're going to check it out. They have a bridge of locks. We did this in Paris a couple years ago where you buy a lock and you can write something on it, and then it's supposed to symbolize your forever love. What do you think, Nina? What's your favorite lock? That huge one? Look at that. This bridge is also pretty cool. Look at the tiles. Alright, we found it. The Miniature Wonderland Hamburg. Let's go! Okay, so we made it in, but there's a wait. It used to be 2.5 hours. The wait now is about 1 hour. So we are number 116 and they are at number 52. So we're gonna chill in this café for a bit. Get a coffee, relax, and get ready to go in. Nina said to surprise her with some food, so I got 2 cappuccinos, chocolate croissant, German pretzel, and German donut.
Hopefully she likes it.
Okay, it's now server number 53, and we are 116. Time to relax. Woohoo! 1:16. Time to go in. All right, that's it. We're gonna head out. There's a lot of attention to detail that these people paid. People really love their trains to make something like this. We kind of rushed through. People are spending a lot of time looking at every little detail. I'm happy that they had Italy, that I'm happy Italian. Nina is not happy they didn't have China. She's like, "Where's China?" So, Miniature Wonderland, get your act together. Show some Chinese trains next time. Support the Chinese tourists. We're going to do a quick pit stop and then head to our next destination. Waiting for Nina to get out of the bathroom. But it just shows you can make a business out of anything. Like, this place is jam-packed full. We had to wait an hour to get in. There's tons of people up there. Then they have a restaurant and they have a gift shop. There's lots of other ways that they're monetizing. But it's just off of model trains. It's people who had a passion for model trains and miniature people and they turned it into a giant successful business. So you got a passion for something? Just make it the best in the world. Got a business. We are leaving our We're leaving our train wonderland and we're back in the rain. I almost forgot that it was raining outside. How about you, Nina? Representing the Believe brand well. We found an even bigger umbrella for Nina. We're gonna buy it for her. I don't know if that's for kids. That's a grown man there. Look at this, you can get a surprise bag with 3 euros. Nina, you want a surprise? Huh? No? Okay, Nina, try to— time to try the new umbrella and see what we got. And better? Yeah. Okay, yeah, yeah, open the chocolate bar. That's why I can't use an umbrella because I gotta hold the phone and the map. I can't hold on, I need a hand. Alright, take a bite. I don't know, I was just hungry. I saw a chocolate bar, let's try it. How is it? I like it, nice snack. Alright, continuamos. We stopped in at a pharmacy because Nina decided that I needed to shave. So she's buying— where is it? She's buying a razor. She thinks this is too long. I don't know. I think it could go longer. What? No? Yeah, too long. Nina's not happy. All right. I like how they have free wrapping paper here for you and free Wi-Fi as well. Pretty cool for a drugstore. Look at this. Also a place to recycle batteries and light bulbs.
Very cool.
We need more of this in Canada. And free water too. No, it's not hot water. Oh, you're complaining. Look at that, free water too. I like this drugstore. It's nice, it's fresh. And a place to park your dog. Look at this, dog parking inside so it doesn't get wet outside. Yeah, very cool. It finally stopped raining. Where's Nina? Where's Nina? Look at the smile. It stopped raining, Nina. It stopped raining. You just have to carry the umbrella. Very exciting. It's supposed to keep raining later on, but we are going to enjoy however long this gap lasts. All right, we're going to go down Hamburg's most famous shopping street. It has this really long name. Let me read it. Mo— Mo— Mönckebergstraße. That was really bad. But people call it the Mo, so it's easy. We're gonna go down the Mo. When we say Mo, it reminds me of Teemo.
I miss Teemo.
We haven't seen Teemo in a long time.
Yeah.
Nina got pictures. Louis, my friend, is dog-sitting now. J-Rice was dog-sitting for a little bit. Now he's over with Louis. And we're gonna see him soon. We're gonna see Timo soon, Nina. Every time Nina sees a dog, she gets a little emotional.
It's true.
Nina, did you see the dog? Nina, you saw it? Did you think of Timo? You getting emotional? No. Why are you getting emotional? My goodness, what did you say, Nina? The sun is out. Look, just between the one spot. Look up there, there's one little spot of no clouds. Oh, look, we're squinting, Nina. We're squinting. This is amazing. I forgot what it's like. Oh no, it's gone, it's gone. We forgot what it was like to have sun, but you need the clouds to appreciate the sun. Nina. So we really appreciated those 15 seconds of sun. Now we're back to— at least it's not raining. It's not raining. That's the big win.
I'm pumped for that.
Look at this. Nina's freaking out. Look at the sky. You could see, you could see blue. Nina, you can see blue. What do you think? Let's see the happy Nina smile face. Hey, you can see blue. Nina wants to go check out Lululemon. Nothing for you?
It's the same price but in euro.
Oh, same stuff? Yeah, nothing new, eh? All right, Lululemon letting us down, guys. Bring some new stuff Europe. Alright, let's keep going. Alright, next stop is a place called Edel Curry, which has— it's famous for their curry German sausages and french fries. So we're gonna go eat, enjoy, sit down, relax, let Nina rest the feet. And see what edokkuri sausages are all about. Look at that sun. Ah, look at that sun, Nina. Look at that sun.
It's beautiful.
Not only do we want our customers to be satisfied, we want them to be completely delighted. Gotta show that to Louis. He's in my book, Your One Word. His one word is delight, so he's gonna love that. All right, our drinks have arrived. I'm having the draft Jäger local beer. Nina's having the lime Jäger beer. Oh, it's gonna spill. Cheers, my friend. You like the lime better?
Yeah.
All right, good. Nina likes mixed beer. Now we know what to order you. We figured it out on the second last stop. We gotta watch Nina eat all this stuff, but we gotta first watch her take pictures of everything. This is what we came for, Nina. I'm excited it's not fish. Always eating fish. All right, go. What's first? Try the hot dog or the Look at this, called the Wurst. Curry sausage.
Good, good, not spicy.
Good.
Okay, you like spicy? Okay, French. Little what? Little sweet and spicy. All right, good. You got some lime beer to wash it down with. Okay, French fry, you got 4 dips. Dip number 1.
I don't know.
Okay, how was dip number 1? Not good. Okay, dip number 2.
Peanut.
Peanut. Okay, and good? Good. Different. Okay, dip number 3.
Mustard.
You got the mustard one, right?
Yeah, mustard. Honey mustard, okay. And, good?
Yes.
Maybe? You don't look happy about any of these, by the way. Looking at your face, you kind of look angry at all the sauces. Like, every sauce you eat makes you angrier. Oh, oh, you're about to choke. Okay, what's your favorite one?
Honey mustard and peanuts.
All right, now guys, it's time for me to eat. So we polished off our sausages, we're working our way through the fries. Nina, what's your favorite?
Honey mustard sauce.
Honey mustard, that's the one right there?
Yeah.
How come? What does your tummy tell you when you have your honey mustard sauce?
Eat more.
All right, we are walking out of the Idol curry, that was quality. How you feeling, Nina?
Good, I'm good. I'm not too full, just right.
You had some lime beer? Yeah, pretty exciting. Yeah, Nina, that's the first time I've heard Nina say I like the beer. So if you ever buy Nina some beer, get her lime beer, okay? Just so you guys know, that's more— should be a mental check for myself than anybody else. But who knows, maybe one of you guys will meet Nina one day and say, Nina, can I buy you a lime beer? Maybe the next time, you know, Jacob runs into Nina and Nina forgets his name, he could say, "Hey, buy you some lime beer."
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