Happy Place - East Hotel, Hamburg

During my - too short - trip to Hamburg in July (see my visual diary, part one and two), I stayed at the East Hotel, in the St Pauli district, which is the Shoreditch / Silver Lake / Williamsburg of Hamburg. Think small art galleries, independent shops, local cafés a gogo and many hot men with beards. I like having easy access to non-touristy things and having the illusion that I sort of