Delfzijl - Pinksterfeest

We did about 15 miles to Delfzijl today. A relatively boring stretch along a straight canal, but the bridges operated promptly and the lock at the end was opening as we arrived so it all was painless and 3 hours after leaving Groningen we were tied up in the tidal yacht club harbour of Delfzijl, the last town before leaving The Netherlands.

This weekend, including today, Monday, is 'Pinksteren', Pentecost or Whitsunday (and Whit Monday) in English. This brings the 'Pinksterfeesten' to Delfzijl:






The harbour is an essential part of this event, but there also is a 'kermis' (fun fair) and a big stage with pop music:











And at 11 tonight, it will all be ended with fireworks (can't be earlier as it's light until 10:30).

Good fun!

Tomorrow, the plan is to leave relatively early (8 am) and take the incoming tide to Emden. From there onto the Ems - Jade canal in two days to Wilhelmshaven (this is all in Germany). We have decided to take this slightly faster route instead of the Wadden islands route as we are relatively keen to get to the Baltic.

In Germany we - at this stage - don't have 3G Internet capability so we rely on wifi which is not uniformly available. We'll try to get a 3G solution at our overnight stop (Aurich) tomorrow, but if that does not work the next blog post may well come from Wilhelmshaven.

Location:Oude Schans,Delfzijl,The Netherlands