Two men are out just fishing quietly and drinking beer. Almost silently, so as not to scare the fish, Bob says, „I think I’m gonna divorce my wife. She hasn’t spoken to me in over 2 months.”

Charles continues slowly sipping his beer then thoughtfully says, „You better think it over, Bob. Women like that are hard to find.”

To live in Hamburg (1.77 million inhabitants) it means enjoying the best that a European urban lifestyle has to offer without the high costs of its major capitals. It is the second-largest city; with its new rail connection to the airport you could be in London, Paris, Amsterdam or Berlin in less than two hours, but with so much close to home, why bother?