On Juist

We had a nice three days on Juist. Around the harbour on this car-free island, life is completely governed by the tides: from about 3 hours before to 3 hours after high tide, the harbour is accessible, otherwise it's 'dry'.

So the ferry only comes and goes at high tide, and the the taxi-stand is 'maned':

In between tides, the little dredger tries to keep the yacht harbour somewhat accessible:

It's a great place to walk and that's what we did:

And on the beach, you find interesting shells. These are called 'razorblades':

This morning, we set off to Baltrum, skipping Norderney in the process as it has cars and we 'don't do cars' this week.
The passage between Juist and Norderney was a bit hairy with some heavy seas. The boat handles it fine, and so does the crew, but the contents can sometimes get a bit thrown around when you are inside a 'washing machine'.
In the crossing between Norderney and Baltrum, we passed a famous resting place for seals:

We'll spend the next two days on Baltrum, an island so small you can walk around it in less than 3 hours. More to follow.