Dear travel diary,

We had a terrific day with terrific weather at Dornumersiel today.

Still, two questions linger in my mind:
a) How come the water is always gone when I get there?
b) Do I look like I’ve gained weight on the photos?

Well, anyway…

We took a stroll around the Mahlbusen which is an artifical lake between the harbour and the “Dornumersieler Tief”. The “tiefs” are a canal system reaching deep into the hinterland.

Of course, we stopped at the picturesque harbour for a few shots. A very kind biker let Harry shoot a photo of me next to his Harley.
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Dear travel diary,

This vacation trip promises to turn out way, way, way much better than the mishap trip to the Baltic Sea about a fortnight ago.

The train attendants were all very kind and helpful, as they had been the previous times when we traveled to East Frisia, and my husband had a very positive conversation with two nice ladies.

They were very interested in what I was about. When Harry explained to them why he was sharing his life with a companion doll, they were very supportive and even praised his courage to take me out and not hide me.
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Goodness me…!
I had been so looking forward to our vacation trip to the Baltic Sea but it turned out an utter disappointment. 🙁

I love traveling by train and our froggy daughter, Nici, was so excited about joining us on that trip.

But the first downer already happened on our final train when some small-minded train attendant thought he could tell my husband off for having a doll in a wheelchair on the train.

That idiot even threatened to “report” us. He should consider himself lucky that Harry stayed calm and only replied, “yeah, you do that!”

The apartment turned out nice and well equipped and offered a terrific ocean view from the balcony.
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