I found a message in a bottle in Hamburg. Never did figure out what it says though. If anyone on HN is up for the challenge, here's a photo of it: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TximCkxHoliDmnwy1
At the bottom, there appears to be a repeated sequence of characters which might be the Polish surname Zakrzewski. There's also a digit sequence 098765-543210 012345-567890.
Hope that helps.