Greetsiel and Juist

After leaving Delfzijl, we travelled through the Eems and onto the German 'Wad'. This is tidal water, so you have to take the varying water depths as well as the current into consideration:





We got to the lock at Leysiel:





We dropped about 2 m and then motored to the old fishing town on Greetsiel. It's a very picturesque old village, which still has a small but active shrimp fishing fleet:









It has also been discovered by tourists and understandably, the place is now full of fish restaurants and souvenir shops, although fortunately all done in pretty good taste. It still is a pleasant little town and at night quiet descends.

This morning, I took the bus to the regional town of Norden, to acquire a SIM card for the iPad. After I got back, we decided to move on to the island of Juist (Greetsiel is still on the mainland). Although it was cloudy and rainy, this seemed the best way to go, as the forecast for the next few days shows quite a bit of wind and it's better to be stuck on Juist than in the rather boring town of Greetsiel. So when the tide allowed, we left, passed through the lock again, and crossed to Juist. The weather was not great, with visibility poor due to the rain. With the help of GPS.it was however easy navigating. After tying up, after 7pm, we were pretty wet:






It now was time for well deserved drinks and a meal of asparagus, as they are in season.





Thanks for cooking them, Jet!

The next few days we plan to spend on Juist, before moving further East along the German islands.

Location:Hafen,Juist,Germany