Last photo taken on the boat back from Borkum to Emden above, and first photo taken on the boat from Emden to Borkum below – both lookin at the wind farm on the NL side of the river. So many things one can do with coastlines, eh?
Borkum has three lighthouses, all of which you will see in due course, more than once most likely. This one is called the New Lighthouse, and sits now in the middle of the main village on the island, a short walk from the main beach and also from the mini-train station, which is what conveys most ferry passengers to town from the ferry port several kilometers away. (There are car ferries, but most folks don’t bother bringing cars over it seems.)
Taken from up in the air inside the old water tower museum on Borkum, looking west. The beach basket sunset photo you saw in our last Islands post was taken more or less behind that tall tower you see in the middle distance on the left side, which is known as the new lighthouse. The windows on the water tower didn’t open, hence the wee reflection you may notice to the left of the tower, sorry…windows seem to go with the territory of “up in the air” shots….
After Hamburg (often lovingly abbreviated to HH, so expect that in future…) we spent a lovely evening and overnight on the westernmost German island of Borkum, in its lovely main town / village of the same name. After last year’s Texel outing, we’re curious to explore more of these islands off the North Sea coastlines of both NL and DE, so with any luck there’ll be more from these islands in future.
Not NL, nor is the last post. A Christmas trip across a border; location metadata available for those curious enough to open the “full site” view :-). Hugs.
(so much world, so little time....) 