Blogs from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe - page 4

The town of Heiligenhafen is very close to the marina and is an old fishing town that has remade itself into a tourist destination. We arrived on the weekend and found the marina to be very active. Our short walk into town took us to the center of town where there was an open town square with a recently used Maypole and several restaurants with tables and umbrellas outside. We had dinner in one and once again Janice’s German proved to be very useful. We have noticed that there are few English speakers in Germany which surprised us when in tourist areas. We took a walk after dinner and found the town to be very pleasant with several older buildings which obviously had been carefully renovated. Several of the streets had open shops with large amounts ... read more

05/29/2014 Donderdag – Puttgarden (D)743 km N54 30 01 E011 10 44 Over de Duitse autobahnen tot in Puttgarden in Schleswick Holstein. Hier nemen we morgen de Ferry naar Denemarken. Onderweg toch regelmatig een korte stau. De Duitsers nemen blijkaar ook verlof met Hemelvaart. Hoe meer noordwaards hoe beter weer. Het is hier volle zon en blauwe hemel. Het zicht op de Oostzee is prachtig. Onmiddellijk vakantie sfeer. We staan op een MH parking op het grote erf van een slimme boer. Mooi ingericht, electriciteit met munten. 2 Euro per kw/u. Zal er zijn broek niet aan scheuren. Formuliertje ingevuld voor de broodjes bestelling voor morgen. Niemand te zien in de Anmelding. De baas zal met vacantie zijn zeker.... read more

Our original plan was to do short day hops up through the various Frisian Islands of the Netherlands and Germany, but once we studied the tides and currents in this area we decided it would be better to just bite the bullet and do an overnight passage to Helgoland. This worked out very well as we left Vlieland just after noon on May 24th and by 11:30AM on May 25thwe were checking into Helgoland, an island 70 km ( 44 miles) off the coast of Germany. It is far enough out to sea that it is actually a duty free island. We had a very nice sail as the wind was in the right direction and it was easy navigation paralleling the ship traffic. The day was overcast but we were moving well at about 8 ... read more

St. Peter-Ording, 20. Mai 2014 St. Peter-Ording ist ein bekannter Badeort. Im Moment laden die Wassertemperaturen aber höchstens zum sonnenbaden ein. Der Strand ist etwa 12 Kilometer lang und bis zu 2 Kilometer breit. Entsprechend weit muss man bis zum Wasser laufen. Vor unserem Campingplatz am Strand steht die „Seekiste“ ein Restaurant auf Stelzen, was auch nötig ist denn bei Sturmflut steigt der Meersspiegel fast bis zum Gebäude hoch. Entsprechende Markierungen, wie hoch das Wasser schon stand sind auf einer Stelze beim Aufgang angebracht. Man muss etwa einen Kilometer vom Deich bis zum Restaurant laufen. Am Abend gingen wir dorthin zum essen, natürlich wieder fangfrischen Fisch. Heute machten wir einen Spaziergang (ca. 18 Kilometer) von unserem Campingplatz aus bis ans Ende der Sandbank nach St. Peter-Ording Bad. Der Weg führte meist auf dem Deichkamm entlang. Auf ... read more

On my way back I decided to make a stop in Kiel. Why? Because this is were Elfi lives. We were welcomed by a typical German weather....rain! Oh well.... Elfi was really excited to meet back with her friends but I was just exhausted. I could feel both the jetlag and the culture lag (if I can say that). Six month on the go exhausted me. The other days I got lucky, the sun was out. So we could visit Kiel and the suroundings. We even went to the beach! It was really nice. We also visited a farmers market in an old restaured village. On my last evening, we had a saeurkrout, of course! Then it was time to fly back to Albi. Home! Sur le chemin du retour, j'ai fait un petit détour par ... read more