We spend the morning at the beautiful bay of Ameland/Norway getting the first flash of the absolutely beautiful nature of Norway :-)
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Way to Norway - 07/23/2016
It is kind of a pity that we saw not much of Sweden this year since it is such a beautiful country and nature there. But somehow we were bound to the idea of reaching Norway immediately....
We had a wonderful trip over although there was zero wind and we had to motor all the way over the Skagerrak....
When passing Marstrand/Sweden hundreds of seals swimming out to the sea!
Since the water was absolutely flat we saw a lot of animals: Dolphins, porpoise, different seabirds, seals....
We reached the Norwegian coast about half past three in the morning. It was still too dark and even with our excellent electronic sea charts it was not possible to tell where all the underwater rocks might be. The lights were rather confusing to us....we went in cycles infant of the coast until some daylight came up. Then we drove into the first Norwegian fjord this year and it was just wonderful! The atmosphere was very nordic with mist hanging low over the hills. The air smelled intensely of resin and seasalt. One of the most impressive moments of our journey :-)
We had a wonderful trip over although there was zero wind and we had to motor all the way over the Skagerrak....
When passing Marstrand/Sweden hundreds of seals swimming out to the sea!
Since the water was absolutely flat we saw a lot of animals: Dolphins, porpoise, different seabirds, seals....
We reached the Norwegian coast about half past three in the morning. It was still too dark and even with our excellent electronic sea charts it was not possible to tell where all the underwater rocks might be. The lights were rather confusing to us....we went in cycles infant of the coast until some daylight came up. Then we drove into the first Norwegian fjord this year and it was just wonderful! The atmosphere was very nordic with mist hanging low over the hills. The air smelled intensely of resin and seasalt. One of the most impressive moments of our journey :-)
L. Ravholmen Stryso/Sweden - 07/22/2016
We leave Anholt in the morning. The harbor is to full anyway and the winds are fine to reach Sweden today :-))
Friday, September 9, 2016
Anholt/Denmark 07/20-21/2016
That was kind of an amazing start of our summer vacation this year:
We picked the children up at school at the last day of the school-year at 11:30 am with the car fully packed, drove to Sonderborg, brought everything on board and started right away all the way to Anholt, where we arrived the next afternoon......On top of this I had a very bad cold and Wolfgang stayed up all night. I just got out of the berth like 4:30 in the morning when we came to pass Tuno/Denmark.
Wolfgang told me that night when he sailed all alone the Little Belt he heard the breathing of about a hundred of porpoise around him although it was too dark to see one of them. :-)
I had the watch until it was about to decide whether to sail to Grenaa, but everything went so smoothly, that we just stayed on the current course and reached Anholt later that afternoon...
Surprise, surprise the harbor was full and we had to moor as sixth or seventh alongside another boat.
It was just the first day of summer vacation and we were already in the Kattegat, which made it a good chance to reach Norway this summer again ;-)
We picked the children up at school at the last day of the school-year at 11:30 am with the car fully packed, drove to Sonderborg, brought everything on board and started right away all the way to Anholt, where we arrived the next afternoon......On top of this I had a very bad cold and Wolfgang stayed up all night. I just got out of the berth like 4:30 in the morning when we came to pass Tuno/Denmark.
Wolfgang told me that night when he sailed all alone the Little Belt he heard the breathing of about a hundred of porpoise around him although it was too dark to see one of them. :-)
I had the watch until it was about to decide whether to sail to Grenaa, but everything went so smoothly, that we just stayed on the current course and reached Anholt later that afternoon...
Surprise, surprise the harbor was full and we had to moor as sixth or seventh alongside another boat.
It was just the first day of summer vacation and we were already in the Kattegat, which made it a good chance to reach Norway this summer again ;-)
Monday, July 18, 2016
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Painted Lady :-)
Two weeks ago we got some caterpillars ordered at Insect Lore. After they became rather obese eating up all the food they brought with them, they build cocoons overnight. We put them out in the garden in a net made container. Yesterday, one week later, they became.....beautiful butterflies :-)
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
Als Sound/Denmark - 06/18/2016
This weekend it was rather windy at the Baltic sea, therefor we took a short trip from Sonderborg to the Als Sound and anchored in the protection of a little forest close to Sandberg Slot.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The Art of Memory V
Cucumber green spider
Araniella cucurbitina
Skelde Vig/ Denmark - 06/11/2016
The next night we anchored at the Flensburg Förde.
Baltic Sea Sunset
The Baltic Sea has beautiful sunsets :-)
Schleimünde/Germany - 06/10/2016
Last Friday the children were off school and we started for a somewhat longer weekend :-)
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
The Art of Memory IV
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Abandoned
Saturday, June 4, 2016
The Art of Memory III
Thursday, June 2, 2016
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