The saddest day of a holiday trip is always the day of the journey home. Which is actually a bummer because all enjoyable things should end on a positive note, such as an encore at the end of a concert. But I guess there is no way when it comes to holiday trips and I … Continue reading So long, Spiekeroog… →

🎼 As long as I gaze on Spiekeroog sunset, I am in paradise. 🎵 Harry never takes me out with my wheelie on the last day before our journey home. (Last year with Ludovika in Greetsiel was an exception.) That’s because in case something happens to my wheelie, he just wants to be sure he … Continue reading Spiekeroog Sunset’s Fine →

“Ah yes, the sea is always good. There is nothing I can look at for very long, except the sea.” King Haggard (from “The Last Unicorn”) Unfortunately, Harry was indisposed on the first day after our arrival on the island of Spiekeroog so that we were unable to leave the apartment all day. But on … Continue reading Finally… the sea →

This time I won’t keep you waiting so long for my reports from the most beautiful island in the world… 🙂 Unfortunately, we couldn’t do too much on the mainland. Actually, Harry wanted to take me to Harlesiel, Carolinensiel and Neuharlingersiel, but unfortunately it didn’t work out. Harry has been having some trouble getting in … Continue reading On to Spiekeroog… →

Finally…!For the first time since last September, when Ludovika visited us, my husband and I have made it back to Dornumersiel. 🙂 As mentioned in an earlier post, we had planned to come back to Dornumersiel back in spring but had to cancel the trip when Harry collapsed on the tram which was going to … Continue reading Dornumersiel, we’re back! And how! →

🎼 …’cause this land’s the place I love and here I’ll stay. ⛴️ Well, Harry and I are working on the latter but it has proven to be really difficult to find a place to live permanently up in East Frisia. Accordingly, we had to travel back home last April at the end of a … Continue reading Ferry ‘Cross The North Sea →

About time to continue my reports from our holiday to the island of Spiekeroog back in April. Understandably, my lovely husband wanted to spend one day hiking through the dunes to the east of the village. Unfortunately, there are no paved paths there, so I wouldn’t be able to go there with my wheelchair. Well, … Continue reading Father-Daughter Day on Spiekeroog →

Time to wrap up our tour of the island with the third and final part. We resume our tour at “Haus Wittdün” where we had rented our apartment (red spot 16) We follow the junction directly opposite the house and reach the island’s Catholic church which was built in 1970 (red spot 17). It is … Continue reading Spiekeroog – a tour of the island (part 3) →

About time for the second part of our tour of the island. Please pay attention: some consecutive words are linked to different photos. First, we go back to the small wood alongside the street “Bi d’Utkiek” (Low German: at the lookout) and follow the path leading up the dunes to the North (red spot 7). … Continue reading Spiekeroog – a tour of the island (part 2) →

Goodness…! 😯It has been a month since we returned from Spiekeroog and I have not yet published a report about our stay on the island. The day after our rail, bus and ferry trip to what Harry refers to as the most beautiful island in the world, we started a nice scenic round trip through … Continue reading Spiekeroog – a tour of the island (part 1) →

It’s almost two weeks that Harry and I returned from our holiday trip to Spiekeroog – about time to publish some reviews. And what a beautiful island this is, folks…! Originally, we had planned to spend seven days at mainland East Frisia before traveling to the island. But on the tram that would bring us … Continue reading Spiekeroog, here I come! →

Wrapping up our holiday to East Frisia, Ludovica was going to travel with us on the same buses and trains. Well, at least until Bremen Central Station where she would leave us to catch a plane to bring her home to Italy. The evening before, when we were sitting together to have a beer at … Continue reading East Frisia, Day 8: Time to Say Goodbye →