Hamburg- Queen Mary's 10 Year Celebration Sail Away
Hamburg · Queen Mary 2 · The Elbe
Hamburg Sailaway
The Queen Mary 2 returns to Hamburg every year. For her tenth jubilee, the city answered with a celebration worthy of a flagship.
Field Note 01
The Queen Mary 2 comes to Hamburg every year. For her tenth jubilee, she received a special celebration.
The Elbe Responds
I took lots of videos and posted them for my friends on Facebook, but this one pretty much sums up the crowd's enthusiastic response as the flagship sails away down the Elbe River toward open waters in the North Atlantic.
Companion Stories
The sailaway belongs to a larger Cunard story: Southampton, the long route home, old myths, and twenty years of magical thinking.
Three Queens
Three Cunard Queens return to Southampton and one magnificent city takes center stage.
The Long Way Home
Southampton as destination, departure point, and the emotional geography of return.
I Myth You
A companion reflection on memory, myth, and the stories the sea keeps alive.
Magical Thinking
Twenty years of blue-water memory, repetition, and the strange persistence of wonder.